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Indian Railways to connect Bhutan, Bangladesh
STAFF WRITER

Cooch Behar (WB), Oct 29 (PTI)

Indian Railways would connect Bhutan with Sikkim and Bangladesh through north Bengal, Railway minister Mamata Banerjee said today.

One survey for the Bhutan project was complete and three other surveys were now on for it, the minister, who will lay the foundation stone of the Rs-1,335 crore Sevoke-Rangpo railway project to connect Sikkim with rest of the country tomorrow, told newsmen here.

"Tomorrow, we will begin a historic project to connect Sikkim with the rest of the country," she said.

Location survey tender for the 52.7 km Sevoke-Rangpo railway project has been floated and Rs 10 crore allotted for it in this year's railway budget. The project is scheduled for completion by 2015.

Stating that the project on doubling of railway tracks between Changrabandha-Malbazar was on, she said it would help Bhutan in freight movement.
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ssbmat · Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 689

Railway to Bangladesh !! What next?..passport-free entry to Bangladeshi's?..

As if there werent enough illegal migrants ..there will be an invasion..WTF are Indians thinking?

Next, some idiot politician will talk of re-union of West Bengal and Bangladesh ..

Spiderguy252 · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject:

iah87 · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 547

Railway ministry should concentrate on Arunachal Pradesh - all the way to the Chinese border and Sikkim and perhaps Bhutan. Bus services, which are running now, are adequate for Bangladesh.

They already have an existing railway line, it should be used strictly for freight with mandatory 24 hour checks at the border.