BR to execute 230 projects at Tk 5.53tn by 2045: Minister

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said Monday the government has a future plan to implement 230 projects at a cost of Tk 5.53 trillion (5,53,662 crore) by 2045, reports BSS.

"The government upgraded Bangladesh Railway Master Plan on January 29, 2018.

Communication Investment Activities," he said replying to a starred question from treasury bench member M Abdul Latif of Chattagram-11 in the Jatiya Sangsad.

The minister said as per the Bangladesh Railway Master Plan, the government would implement all the projects in six phases from July 2016 to June 2045.

He said under the master plan, the government would construct Dhaka-Chattagram via Cumilla/Laksam high speed railway line, subway on Dhaka-Tongi section, electric traction on Narayanganj-Dhaka-Joydebpur section, broad gauge railway line on Navaran-Satkhira-Munshiganj and railway connectivity between Mirsarai- Feni economic zone.

Besides, the government would construct new broad gauge railway line on Jashore-Magura-Sripur-Langalbandha-Pangsha, new broad gauge line on Payra- Kuakata, new broad gauge line on Dohazari-Bandarban, new broad gauge line on Hathazari-Rangamati, new broad gauge line on Nazirhat-Khagrachhari, new broad gauge line on Darshana to Damurhuda and Meherpur via Mujibnagar and new broad gauge line on Joydebpur-Dhamrai-Manikganj-Paturia, Sujan said.