Agartala – Akhaura rail work to start from Jan, 2015

The work of proposed 15.54 Km Agartala – Akaura international rail route is expected to start from January 2015, said Alok Sinha leader of the Indian delegation.Interacting with media today after the Project Steering Committee meeting of the railway project he announced that the land demarcation of Indian side is complete, the work on Bangladesh is near completion and the detail project report is expected to be submitted this year. He informed that the 4th PSC meeting will held at Dhaka on September.The leader of Bangladesh delegation Sunil Chandra Pal said the demarcation of land is near completion and Bangladesh Railway is working with close collaboration with IRCON, a central PSU unit of India in certain parts of the proposed alignment due to land owner ship issues. He assured that the Bangladesh government ready to start work of the project within the same time frame along with India by January, 2015.The Government of India sanctioned a fund of Rs. 252 crores for the 15 Km rail-line project connecting Agartala railway station in India with Akaura rail station via Gangasagar railway station in Bangladesh plying through Siddhi Ashram, Badharghat Martripalli and Charipara in the outskirts of Agartala city. The rail line would be connected with its counterpart in Bangla through Nischintapur in the Indo-Bangla borderline.