Akhaura-Agartala
Hasina, Modi to open rail link tomorrow
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 30 (UNB): Train movement between Brahmanbaria's Akhaura and India's Agartala will formally open on the newly built 12.24 kilometer dual gauge rail tracks tomorrow (Wednesday).
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will jointly inaugurate the trail track virtually.
Md Abu Jafar Miah, project director of the rail line project, said a train with empty bogies successfully completed its journey from Akhaura's Gangasagar to India's Nishchintpur on trial basis on Monday noon.