Trial train sets out for Kolkata
Sunday, 29 July 2007
A trial train from Dhaka left for Kolkata Sunday with 35 government officials on board to discuss unresolved issues about the launch of direct passenger rail services between the two neighbouring cities. The train started off from the Cantonment Station in the capital at 7.02am, bdnews24.com Senior Correspondent Kamran Reza Chowdhury reports. The train is expected to reach Kolkata by 6.00pm Bangladesh time, according to railway officials. Additional secretary of the communications ministry ATKM Ismail leads Bangladesh delegation. A 32-member Indian delegation arrived in Dhaka on July 8 to discuss the issues on the rail links. The officials of the two countries failed to reach a consensus on an Indian proposal to build fencings along the Darshana-Gede border.