The NFR authorities have deployed a huge labour force at the site of the landslides near Mahur.

Train services on this track had resumed June 25 after remaining held up for 75 days following a spurt in attacks on trains by the separatist outfits Dima Halam Deogah (Jewel faction). Rail communication was badly affected in Tripura, Mizoram, parts of Manipur and three districts of southern Assam -- Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi.

'The train services are expected to resume later Wednesday or Thursday as the Northeast Frontier Railway authorities are trying hard to resume the vital train services,' said Saumitra Banerjee, director of the Tripura food and civil supplies department.

Quoting NFR officials, Banerjee told IANS: 'Railway wagons loaded with sugar and other foodgrains have been stranded in Guwahati due to the disruption caused by the heavy landslides.'

In view of the inadequate supply of essentials and construction materials from outside the states, prices of essential items and other goods have escalated in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam.