Rehabilitation works of 326 level crossings near completion
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in the west zone of Bangladesh Railway comprising Rajshahi, Rangpur and
Khulna divisions are on final stage.
Al Fattah Masudur Rahman, chief engineer of the zone, said the level
crossings have been brought under various need-based development work
including rehabilitation, construction and up-gradation in order to make
those protected.
ensuring safe and uninterrupted movement of rail and road traffic by
upgrading the level crossing gates.
Construction and reconstruction works of 4,976.50 square-meters corner-
rooms and repairing of 47,793 square-meters road surface attached to the
level crossing are nearing completion.
Implementation work on installing 312-set gate barriers and 5,508 wooden
WZ to construct Bogura-Sirajganj dual gauge new railway route
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RAJSHAHI, Jan 3, 2021 (BSS) – The West Zone of Bangladesh railway will construct Bogura-Sirajganj direct rail track aimed at easing communication between the two districts, a railway official here said.
The zone headquartered in Rajshahi has adopted a project titled “Construction of Dual Gauge Rail Line from Bogura to Shahid M. Monsur Ali Station, Sirajganj of Bangladesh Railway”, its Chief Engineer Al Fattah Masudur Rahman told BSS.
He said the project had been approved in the ECNEC meeting on October 30, 2018 adding that an 86.51-kilometer mainline and another 16.30-kilometer loop line including other specified civil works will be constructed under the Taka 5,579.70-crore project.