Rail communications between Chilahati-Mongla by next June

Rail communications between Chilahati and Mongla will be inaugurated by June 2023, Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan has said.

“People from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan can easily travel or carry their goods from Mongla port to Chilahati. The development of the rail route is going on and I hope it will be completed by June,” he said.

The minister came up with the information while visiting the Chilahati station and Chilahati-Haldibari Railway Development project, involving Tk 140 crore, in Domar upazila of Nilphamari.

Chilahati-Haldibari railway services have remained under suspension since 1965 but after assuming power, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken a plan to resume the rail services, he said.

Already an intercity train from Chilahati-Dhaka is running in the night but the residents of the Nilphamari district have long been demanding a day-time train there, he added.

The minister also assured of meeting the demand.