LALMONIRHAT, March 22, 2019 (BSS) – Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today said inter-country train will run through Burimari-Changrabandha route soon, which will help enhance regional rail connectivity.
“The feasibility study on the introduction of train service among four countries (Bangladesh-India-Nepal and Bhutan) has already begun,” he told reporters at Lalmonirhat Divisional Rail Station here.
Noting that about 200 metre-gauge coaches will be added to Bangladesh Railway (BR) fleet this year, the railway minister said the demand of train coaches will be met after adding 500 new coaches to BR fleet within next year.
A master plan has been taken to modernise the railway sector and enhance the country’s communication system as per the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he said, adding that the country’s closed rail lines would be restored soon.
Sujan is now a two-day visit to Lalmonirhat to oversee the works of the feasibility study on the introduction of inter-country train service.
During his visit, local leaders placed different demands to the railways minister for the development of railway in the district. The demands include construction of a flyover over Lalmonirhat railway station, construction of rail bridges and introduction of a new express train on Tin Bigha corridor route.
The railways minister said once the master plan of Bangladesh Railway is implemented, their demands will be fulfilled.
Local MP Motaher Hossain, former lawmaker (reserved seat) Safura Begum, Zila Parishad chairman and Lalmonirhat district AL general secretary Adv Motiar Rahman and BR divisional manager Md Shafiqur Rahman, among others, accompanied the minister.