Bangladesh News Desk: Passenger train services including Moitree and Bandhan express between India and Bangladesh are ready to start within a week.
The Ministry of Home Affairs of Indian has given nod to resume the India-Bangladesh train service after a series of meetings on Monday.
A senior MHA official confirmed that a meeting was held with other stakeholders like the Ministry of External Affairs, Indian Railways, Bureau of Immigration and security heads to resume the India-Bangladesh train service.
Issues related to security, health infrastructure and railways preparations were discussed.
The transit points- Chitpur, Gede and Haridaspur- have got the requisite clearance from MHA and after several other preparations, the route will be officially opened to the public.
A senior official said there were long-pending demands for the reopening of train travel between India and Bangladesh that were suspended due to COVID-19.
“Bangladesh wanted to get rail operations resumed on its Independence Day, but it was delayed due to preparations. But now, it will be open within a week as MHA has cleared the file,” he said.
Bureau of Immigration, Indian Railways, health department and security agencies have been ordered to start preparations and the moment arrangements are in place, the train operations will resume.
