Test run on Padma Bridge rail link held

[UKBengali]

Once operational this rail link will both boost tourism and also increase economic activities.

BD government is contributing nearly 50% of the project cost and so we are seeing a steady upward trend in BD fiscal capacity.

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"The full length of the Padma Bridge rail link is about 169km from Dhaka to Jessore. The cost of the project is estimated to be around Tk 39,247 crore, with the Bangladesh government financing about Tk18,000 crore and the Chinese government providing the rest of the money."

"According to Bangladesh Railway (BR), the Padma Bridge Rail project will be implemented by 2024."

"He further said it will soon take only four hours for goods to arrive in Dhaka from Khulna's Mongla Port, as the Khulna-Mongla rail link project is almost done."

 

[renhai]

@UKBengali bro, Just heard, you often fight with MMM-E. Really?

 

[UKBengali]

The most interesting thing here is that BD fund contribution is now 50% when it used to be around half this just 5 years ago.

BD should look to totally fund all it's own infrastructure by 2030.

By building these kinds of economically valuable infrastructure with it's own funds then BD government gets to keep all the revenues from ticket fares and also directly benefit from higher tax revenue as a result of extra economic activities.

@UKBengali bro, Just heard, you often fight with MMM-E. Really?

Not really.

Last time we had a disagreement was probably a year ago and I hardly ever comment on threads outside BD section.