বুধবার, ১৮ জুন ২০২৫, ১২:১৮ অপরাহ্ন
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Dhaka city will witness a “massive difference by 2030” as the government will implement various projects for improving rail connectivity, to ease traffic congestion in the capital.
“Insha Allah, Dhaka city will have a different scenario by 2030, through rail communication,” she said while speaking at an event on Thursday.
The prime minister was inaugurating train operations from Rooppur, Shashidal and Joydebpur railway stations on the newly installed 69.20 km track under three projects of Bangladesh Railway, joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban.
Sheikh Hasina said that the government has already introduced Metro Rail for Dhaka city dwellers which will be extended from Uttara to Kamalapur in near future.
She said that not only elevated, but the government is also going to introduce underground trains, and for that it has started construction work under the MRT-I project.
“It (rail) will save commute time and costs. Traffic in Dhaka city will ease,” she said.
Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan, Deputy High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Dr Binoy George, and Railways Secretary Dr Md Humayun Kabir also spoke at the programme. A documentary on the three projects of Bangladesh Railway was screened at the event.
UNB . Dhaka
