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Launch of the Haldibari-Chilahati railway line after 55 years
After 55 years, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, will inaugurate the resumption of train services between Chilahati in Nilphamari and Haldibari in India on Thursday (December 16).
The Prime Ministers of the two countries will inaugurate the resumption of rail services through this railway via videoconference at 11:30 am. A train with 32 freight bogies will leave Chilahati station for Haldibari station in India for the first time. All preparations for the train have already been completed.
After 55 years, the entire district, including Chilahati, is happy to see the train running again on the Chilahati-Haldibari railway line. People from all walks of life welcomed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Minister of Railways Nurul Islam Sujan by hanging arches, doors and banners in various locations. Decorations have appeared all over the Chilahati.
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Women’s leader Sarkar Farhana Akhter Sumi and Ketkibari UP President Zahurul Haque Dipu said trains stopped on the railway during the Pakistan-India war. In view of our long-standing demand, the train is running again. We are forever grateful to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Minister of Railways Nurul Islam Sujan.
According to railway sources, even after the partition of Pak-India on August 15, 1947, rail traffic continued to circulate on this route. At that time, passenger and freight trains used to run on this route in different parts of the two countries. After the war between Pakistan and India in 1965, rail service between the two countries was stopped. The governments of Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi took the initiative to reopen the abandoned railway. The current government has undertaken a project at a cost of Tk 80.17 crore to start up the railway. The project includes the construction of a 6,724 km wide-gauge railway from the Chilahati train station to the border and the construction of a 2.38 km circular loop and other infrastructure. The job has already been completed. The Minister of Railways, Md Nurul Islam Sujan, inaugurated the project at the Chilahati train station facilities on September 21 last year.
Ittefaq / MAM
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