Train operation on Dhaka-Bhanga route starts in September: Sujan

Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has said trains will be operating on the Dhaka-Bhanga route via the Padma Bridge by this September.

He made the remark while inaugurating the construction of the 86-km stone railway line from Bhanga to Jashore at Bhanga Y junction point this afternoon.

The work of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project is progressing rapidly. Work is ongoing to build ballastless tracks at three points and with ballast at one point to connect Dhaka to Padma Bridge. Construction work on railway lines with and without ballast is going on simultaneously.

Minister Sujan inspected the progress of the railway project and said that the Dhaka-Mawa section will be inaugurated in September and that the Dhaka-Bhanga train movement will start in September.

He said the construction work of the rail line from Dhaka to Jashore over the Padma Bridge will be completed by June next year.

Major General AKM Rezaul Majid, Chief Coordinator of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, Project Director Afzal Hossain, Deputy Coordinator of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project Brigadier General Saeed Ahmed, Project Manager of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project-2 Brigadier General Ahmed Jamiul Islam and Project Manager-3 Brigadier General Shamsul Alam Shams, among others, were present there.

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