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A team of Lok Sabha's Committee on Estimates arrived here today from Aizawl on a two-day official visit to the State.The team would hold a meeting about Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway project and prospects of textile industry in Manipur tomorrow.The team of MPs including Dr Th Meinya was received at Tulihal Airport by Chief Secretary PC Lawmkunga, DGP MK Das and Railway officials.Speaking to media persons at the airport, chairman of the committee Francisco Sardinah said that their visit to Imphal is concerned with the railway project and administration.He went on to say that they are on a goodwill mission.The MPs would hold a meeting with officials of the Northern Frontier Railways at Classic Hotel at 10 am tomorrow and obtain a progress report of the Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway project.Later in the afternoon, the MPs would hold another meeting with officials of the Ministry of Textiles and the State Government for an assessment of all the activities taken up in Manipur for development of textile industry in the State.