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Nilphamari-1 MP Aftab Uddin Sarkar, Nilphamari-4 MP Ahsan Adelur Rahman, reserved women MP Rabeya Alim, Deputy Secretary for Railways Atiqur Rahman, Additional Director General (Operations) Sarkar Shahadat Ali, former MP NK Alam Chowdhury, Nilphamari District Chairman of the Council Joynal Abedin, Nilphamari 57 BGB Captain Lt. Colonel Mamunul Haque, Police Superintendent Mohammad Mokhlesur Rahman, Mayor of Nilphamari Dewan Kamal Ahmed, Civil Surgeon. Jahangir Kabir, Project Manager of the Chilahati Railway Construction Project. Abdur Rahim was present. In the afternoon, the Minister visited the Chilahati train station and the inaugural headquarters.
According to railway sources, Bangladesh Railway has started the construction of a 7,624 km wide gauge railway line from Chilahati to the border under the agreement with India to start India-Bangladesh train service on this route. The Minister of Railways, Nurul Islam, inaugurated the project at the Chilahati train station facilities on September 21 last year. The construction cost of this railway line is estimated at Tk 80 crore 16 lakh 94 thousand. On the other hand, the Indian Railways are completing the laying of a 6.5 km railway line from Haldibari to the Haldibari border in the Kochbihar district of West Bengal.
Deputy Commissioner. Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury said that all preparations have been made for the inauguration of rail connectivity between the two countries through the operation of freight trains on December 16. Through this, after 55 years, the India-Bangladesh railway communication will start again.
