PM Modi hailed the inauguration of the Cross Border Rail Hyperlink as a “historic” second
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday collectively inaugurated three initiatives through digital mode, together with a key rail hyperlink between Tripura’s Nischintapur and Gangasagar in Bangladesh.
The opposite two initiatives inaugurated by PM Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart are the 65-km Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line and Unit 2 of the Maitree Tremendous Thermal Energy Plant in Bangladesh’s Rampal.
The cross-border rail mission close to Tripura’s capital Agartala and Akhaura in Bangladesh is anticipated to spice up cross-border commerce, and considerably cut back the journey time between Agartala and Kolkata through Dhaka. When absolutely accomplished, the cross-border rail hyperlink will minimize the journey time from Kolkata to Agartala from 36 hours to 12 hours.
PM Modi hailed the inauguration of the Cross Border Rail Hyperlink as a “historic” second.
“It’s a matter of pleasure that we have now come collectively once more to have fun the profitable cooperation between India and Bangladesh. Our relationship is touching new highs. Collectively, we have now achieved within the final 9 years what has not been achieved in many years,” Prime Minister Modi stated.
The initiatives are essential for India’s Look East Coverage and also will increase connectivity to the northeast which is closely depending on the slender Hen’s Neck or Siliguri Hall. They’re additionally a testomony to India’s dedication to the area across the Bay of Bengal with organizations just like the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Financial Cooperation (BIMSTEC) which has its secretariat in Bangladesh.
‘First Rail Hyperlink Between Northeast, Bangladesh’
In the course of the inauguration of the Agartala-Akhaura Rail Hyperlink, PM Modi highlighted the influence of those initiatives, particularly throughout the pandemic with oxygen trains. “That is the primary rail hyperlink between the northeast and Bangladesh,” he was quoted as saying by information company PTI.
“We now have targeted particularly on infrastructure, connectivity and within the final 9 years, we have now began three new bus providers. We now have linked Dhaka, Shillong, Agartala, Guwahati and Kolkata. Within the final 9 years, we have now began three new railway providers. From 2020, we began container and parcel providers,” he added.
“Within the final 9 years by means of Chittagong and the Mongla Port, we have now linked the northeastern states of India. Our connectivity initiative labored as a lifeline throughout the Covid pandemic,” Prime Minister Modi stated.
“Within the final 9 years, 4 new immigration examine posts have been opened on the India-Bangladesh border and our bilateral commerce has practically tripled. The journey of those 9 years has made us attain the inauguration of the Agartala Akhaura Railway Hyperlink and it’s a historic second,” he added.
‘Agency Cooperation Between Nations’
Sheikh Hasina stated the connection between Bangladesh and India is anchored in historical past tradition language and each international locations share values of secularism, democracy, and numerous different commonalities.
She added that Bangladesh attaches the best significance to its relationship with India with a give attention to connectivity, commerce, and commerce. She expressed gratitude to the federal government of India for its important contribution to those sectors and likewise prolonged Diwali greetings.
“The joint inauguration of those initiatives manifests the agency friendship and collaboration between our two international locations. I want to thanks PM Modi for his heat hospitality throughout my go to to New Delhi in September 2023 to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit. I specific my heartfelt gratitude in your dedication to strengthening the bonds of friendship between our two international locations,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stated.
“I want to thank the Authorities of India for collectively producing the biopic on the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh Bangabandhu ‘Sheikh Mujibur Rehman – Mujib: The Making of a Nation’. I want to prolong my deep appreciation and thankfulness to Shri Narendra Modi,” she added.
“Our collaboration within the connectivity and energy sector stands out as a shining instance of our cooperation,” she stated on the inauguration occasion.
India and Bangladesh ties are essential for India’s Act East Coverage and these initiatives have additionally laid the groundwork for extra cooperation and opening of passenger and freight routes between India and Bangladesh and likewise for various provide routes for northeastern states
