Says Railway Minister

Star Online Report

The government is working to open a portion of the rail route from Dhaka to Jashore through Padma bridge at the time of inauguration of the bridge in June of 2021.

The construction work of the rail route started in July 2018 and was scheduled to be completed by December 2024, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan told journalists at Rail Bhaban in Dhaka today.

They are working on priority basis to open the 42-kilometre section of the route — Mawa to Bhanga — to meet the deadline, the minister said.

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