Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar rail line on November 12.
"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar rail line on November 12," Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan told journalists after visiting the old Kalurghat Bridge in the port city today.
Terming Dohazari-Cox's Bazar railway line is a priority project of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the railways minister said he inspected the project to see the latest progress of the work.
The minister said the construction work will be completed by October 30 and the trial run of the train will be conducted on November 2.
He also said the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar railway line will be connected with the Matarbari deep sea port in the future.
On April 3 in 2011, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone for the construction of Dohazari-Cox's Bazar railway.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha