The virtual inauguration will take place on December 17 (File)
New Delhi:
The rail route between Haldibari in West Bengal and Chilahati in neighbouring Bangladesh is all set to reopen after a gap of 55 years on December 17. The prime ministers of the two countries will inaugurate the programme, an official of the Northeast Frontier Railway said on Thursday.
The railway line from Haldibari in Cooch Behar to Chilahati in northern Bangladesh has been defunct since rail links between India and then East Pakistan snapped in 1965. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate Haldibari-Chilahati rail route on December 17, NFR Chief Public Relations Officer Subhanan Chanda said.
The railway line from Haldibari in Cooch Behar to Chilahati in northern Bangladesh has been defunct after rail links between India and then East Pakistan had snapped in 1965.
Hasina, Modi set to re-launch Chilahati-Haldibari rail route after 55 years
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File photo Star Online Report Star Online Report
After a hiatus of 55 years, the rail link between Chilahati in Bangladesh and Haldibari in West Bengal state of India is all set to reopen on December 17 when prime ministers of the two countries hold a virtual bilateral summit and inaugurate the key connectivity between India and Bangladesh.
An official of India s Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said the railway line from Haldibari in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal to Chilahati in northern Bangladesh had been defunct after the rail links between India and the then East Pakistan had snapped during the 1965 war, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
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PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina to virtually re-launch India-Bangladesh cross-border rail route after 55 years
The rail route between Haldibari in West Bengal and Chilahati in neighbouring Bangladesh is all set to reopen after a gap of 55 years on December 17 and prime ministers of the two countries will inaugurate the programme, an official of the Northeast Frontier Railway said on Thursday.
The railway line from Haldibari in Cooch Behar to Chilahati in northern Bangladesh has been defunct after rail links between India and then East Pakistan had snapped in 1965. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate Haldibari-Chilahati rail route on December 17, NFR Chief Public Relations Officer Subhanan Chanda said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate Haldibari-Chilahati rail route on December 17, NFR Chief Public Relations Officer Subhanan Chanda said.