Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon said the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar train service will start in 2022 if work continues according to schedule.
He said this on Friday afternoon while speaking as the chief guest at a meeting on land acquisition for the Dohazari-Cox's Bazar dual gauge railway project at the Hilltop Circuit House conference room.
The minister also said that He said the process of compensation for land acquisition for the Cox's Bazar-Dohazari Railway Construction Project is in its final stages.
He said,” The Dohazari-Cox's Bazar dual gauge railway project is among the two railway projects listed on the top 10 mega projects list of the Prime Minister.” He also added that” The construction work on the Dohazari-Cox's Bazar railway will proceed with full force to complete it by June 2022."
Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ashraful Afsar chaired the meeting while Dohazari-Cox's Bazar Railway Construction Project Director Mofizur Rahman, Land Acquisition Officer Shamim Hossain and other officials spoke at the occasion.
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