Mango special train on Rajshahi-Dhaka route from May 22

For the third time, Bangladesh Railway's West Zone is expected to deploy a 'special mango train' on the Chapainawabganj-Dhaka route via Rajshahi on May 22.

According to Asim Kumar Talukder, the zone's General Manager, an initiative has been launched to transport mangoes at a lesser cost for the benefit of mango dealers and farmers. The train will leave Chapainawabganj at 4.30 p.m. and Rajshahi station at 5.50 p.m., arriving in Dhaka at 2 a.m.
The train will stop at 14 stations along the Chapainawabgonj-Dhaka railway route via Rajshahi to load mangoes. Due to parcel booking and unloading, the parcel train may make stops at different stations.

Mango groves were also planted on 12,671 hectares of land in Naogaon district, with a goal of producing 1,61,242 tons of mangoes, and on 4,823 hectares of land in Natore district, with a goal of producing 56,021 tons of mangoes.