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Bangladeshi PM inaugurates construction of China-financed rail project
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IANS | 15 Oct, 2018
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the China-financed
Padma bridge rail link project by unveiling its foundation plaque at a
ceremony in Munshiganj on the outskirts of capital Dhaka Sunday.
She expressed her deep satisfaction over the bridge project, Xinhua reported.
The
construction of the multipurpose road-rail bridge, undertaken by
several Chinese companies, is the largest and most challenging
infrastructure project in the country's history.
The rail will be
built on the lower deck of Bangladesh's largest bridge of Padma which
is being built by China Major Bridge Engineering Company Limited.
Bangladesh
in May signed a nearly $3 billion loan deal with China's Exim Bank to
construct the Padma Bridge rail link which is among the eight projects
under direct supervision of the Fast Track Project Monitoring Committee
headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladeshi Railway
Minister Mujibul Haque said the 168 km-long rail line linking Dhaka and
western district Jessore will be a major freight and passenger transport
line in the country.
China Railway Group Limited is implementing the project under the China (government to government) G2G arrangement.
The
Engineering Corps of Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology are consultants on the rail project.
Haque
said the rail project, will cut the traveling time from Dhaka to
Kolkata, the capital of Indian state of West Bengal, by about five
hours.
According to a project paper, the Padma Bridge, when
completed, will be one of Bangladesh's major transport corridors linking
Dhaka to the country's south and west, as well as linking Bangladesh
with India, Nepal and Bhutan.
The bridge will enhance regional trade and collaboration along the Asian Highway No. 1 and the Trans-Asian railway network.
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