The Indian railway’s authorities have initiated the process to give permission digitally to make films and documentaries on Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), a UNESCO World Heritage site, which is also known across the world for its fascinating journey through the hills of the Himalayas in narrow gauge toy trains.
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Subhanan Chanda said that the decision of online process of scrutinizing applications and to give permission in a digital mode was taken to facilitate and encourage making more films on DHR, which was included in the World Heritage Site list in 1999.
He said that before the new online initiative, officials of the film production houses or documentary filmmakers from different parts of the country and abroad had to come physically several times to NFR headquarters in Maligaon near Guwahati before finally going to Darjeeling for shooting.
