Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday jointly inaugurated three projects via virtual mode, including a key rail link between Tripura's Nischintapur and Gangasagar in the neighbouring country (Pics/PTI)
Updated On: 2023-11-01 02:31 PM IST
Compiled by : ronak mastakar
The other two projects inaugurated by PM Modi and Hasina are the 65-km Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line, and Unit 2 of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant in Bangladesh's Rampal
The 15-km Agartala-Akhaura Cross Border Rail Link is expected to boost cross-border trade and significantly reduce the travel time between Agartala and Kolkata via Dhaka
"It is a matter of joy that we have connected once again to celebrate the success of the India-Bangladesh cooperation," PM Modi said in an interaction with Hasina over video-conferencing
"In the past nine years, the work we have done together has not happened in decades," he said
He said that Tripura has had a strong bond with Bangladesh since the days of its Liberation struggle, and added that the internal trade between India and Bangladesh has tripled in the last 9 years
In a video conference with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today, PM Modi said, "In the last 9 years, our internal trade has tripled... Today the inauguration of the Akhaura-Agartala rail link is a historic moment... This is the first rail link between Bangladesh and the North Eastern states of India... Tripura has had a strong bond with Bangladesh since the days of its Liberation struggle... I am happy that we have inaugurated the second unit of the Maitree Thermal Power Project..."
