The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Railways on Wednesday discussed constructing railways on Khulna-Mongla, Joydebpur-Ishwardi and Bhanga-Payra routes.
The parliamentary watchdog discussed the matter at its 4th meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban with its Chairman ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury in the chair, according to a press release, reports BSS.
Committee members Railways Md Zillul Hakim, Shafiqul Islam Shimul, Shamim Osman, Iftiquar Uddin Talukder Pintu, Md Saiful Islam, Md Shafiqur Rahman and Mst Nurun Nahar Begum attended it.
In the meeting, several topics including the implementation and progress from the decisions of the previous meeting, the amount of money to purchase “Mobil” by the Bangladesh Railways from which government institutions, modernisation of Bangladesh Railway (Employees) Welfare Trust like Army and Police Welfare Trust, plans of Bangladesh Railways to procure passenger coaches for tourist trains and arrears of Bangladesh Railway electricity bill were also discussed.
The parliamentary committee recommended taking necessary steps and imposing fines for non-implementation of the Ministry's full agreement with Shohoz.com.
It also suggested the ministry to take necessary measures to summon domestic and foreign suppliers of diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) trains in the next meeting.
Senior officials of the Railways Ministry and officials of the secretariat concerned were present at the meeting.
