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India-Bangladesh rail link to be ready by 2021
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- The landmark rail line to connect the north-eastern region with Bangladesh will be ready by the end of 2021, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday.
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- More about the rail link
(1) The railway link will connect Gangasagar in Bangladesh to Nischintapur in India and from Nischintapur to Agartala railway station.
(2) Cost sharing: Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) will bear the cost of laying 5.46 kms track on the Indian side while the cost of laying 10.6 kms track on the Bangladesh side is being borne by the Ministry of External Affairs.
(3) The 15-km Indo-Bangla railway project would be beneficial for both sides as it will reduce the distance from Bangladesh to Kolkata by 50 percent.
(4) Currently, the rail distance between Agartala-Kolkata is 1613 km while it will be reduced to only 514 km once the proposed Indo-Bangla railway project is opened.
Source
The Hindu