Business Desk :
The freight train service between Chilahati in Bangladesh and Haldibari in India will resume today after 55 years of the suspension.
A Bangladesh Railway official said 30 wagons packed with stones will arrive on the first day from New Jalpaiguri in India and reach Chilahati station through Chilahati border of Nilphamari in Bangladesh.
Apart from stones, oxygen and wheat can also be imported through this route, sources said.
According to Bangladesh Railway (BR), a plan has been given to the Indian Railway to operate the freight train service 15 days a month.
To launch the service, the Indian Railway, meanwhile, completed the training of operating two locomotives between New Jalpaiguri, Haldibari of Cooach Bihar, and Chilahati of Nilphamari on Thursday.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chilahati-Haldibari rail link during a virtual summit on December 17 last year.
India’s Modi Modi also inaugurated the passenger train service ‘Mitali Express’ between New Jalpaiguri and Dhaka through the border when he visited Bangladesh on March 27 this year on the occasion of the celebration of the 50th Independence.
