December 22, 2024

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PM Modi and Bangladesh PM Jointly Open 3 Development Projects

PM Modi and Sheikh Hasina also unveiled two additional projects, including a 65-kilometer rail line connecting Khulna and Mongla Port, as well as the second unit of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant situated in Rampal, Bangladesh.

Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated three projects through a virtual ceremony, which includes a significant railway connection between Nischintapur in Tripura and Gangasagar in the neighboring country.

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The other two projects inaugurated by PM Modi and Sheikh Hasina are the 65-km Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line, and Unit 2 of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant in Bangladesh’s Rampal.

The Agartala-Akhaura Cross Border Rail Link, covering 15 kilometers, will boost cross-border trade and significantly reduce travel time between Agartala and Kolkata via Dhaka.

“It is a matter of joy that we have connected once again to celebrate the success of the India-Bangladesh cooperation,” PM Modi said in an interaction with Sheikh Hasina over video-conferencing.

“In the past nine years, the work we have done together has not happened in decades,” he said.

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