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Collected Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan met with Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Sunday.

Turkey shows interest in investing in Bangladesh Railway

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 11 Oct 2021, 01:07 pm

Dhaka, October 11: Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan met with Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan at the Railway House on Sunday (October 10th). During the meeting, the Ambassador expressed interest in investing in the railway sector of Bangladesh.

"We are looking for foreign investment in the railway sector," he said. "There are many projects underway in the railways at present and many more projects will be taken up in the future. We have a master plan for the development of the railway sector, and we have been undertaking various projects since then," he said.

He said, "At the time of independence, the railway line of Bangladesh was three thousand kilometers and now it is two thousand eight hundred kilometers. Our railway is divided into two parts by the river Jamuna. Broad gauge in the west and meter gauge in the east. Most of us are single line. We have taken initiative to upgrade all single lines to double lines in phases."

The Railway Minister said the Prime Minister has formed a separate ministry in 2011 considering the needs of the people. Since then the government started investing in the railway sector.

Referring to several ongoing projects, the minister said construction of new line from Chittagong to Cox's Bazar, construction of 172 km new railway line from Dhaka to Jessore under Padma Bridge rail link project, construction of separate railway bridge over river Jamuna are underway. Initiatives have been taken to build a new railway line from Bhanga to Payra port.

He added, “We are procuring new locomotives and passenger coaches from different countries. We am modernizing the factories. We will gradually move towards electric traction."

The Ambassador said that railways are an environmentally friendly, easy and affordable means of communication in any country. Bangladesh and Turkey have important bilateral relations. He hoped that investment opportunities would be created in the railway sector in the future.