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Dhaka-N'ganj train service to resume from Aug 1: Sujan
Dhaka-N'ganj
train service to resume from Aug 1: Sujan
Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam
Sujan on Tuesday said that Dhaka-Narayanganj train service will resume from
August 1 after 8 months of its suspension.
The minister came up with the information while talking to the journalists at
Chashara railway station in Narayanganj after visiting the works on
Dhaka-Narayanganj dual gauge double railway line and Padma Bridge rail link
project, BSS reports.
Noting that the work of Dhaka-Narayanganj double line project will also start
soon, he said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the railway
operation from Dhaka to Vanga via Padma Bridge in early October.
"Now the process of starting the trial lane from Kamlapur to Vanga is
going on," he added.
There has been a delay in the work
of the dual gauge line while coordinating with the railway line of the Padma
Bridge, he said, adding that but the dual gauge single line is being upgraded
to a double line.
He said that the project work of new and old lines on the Dhaka-Narayanganj
route is progressing simultaneously.
The Railways minister hoped that the work of the dual gauge double line would
be completed within the stipulated time in June next year.
Besides, he also mentioned that there is a plan to finish the work of the
railway line of Padma Bridge within 2024.
Padma Bridge Rail Link Project's Project Director (PD) Md Afzal Hossain and
Project Director of Dhaka-Narayanganj Dual Gauge Line Selim Rauf were also
present there with the minister, among others.
Earlier, the Ministry of Railways
announced the suspension of Dhaka-Narayanganj train service for three months
from December 4 last year due to the construction of the Padma Bridge rail line
project over Narayanganj.