To further strengthen the bilateral relationship between India and Bangladesh, the Ministry of Railways in India handed over 20 Broad Gauge (BG) locomotives to it’s eastern neighbour.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Indian government has also offered Bangladesh to use the IT system deployed by the PM-GATI SHAKTI scheme, which has 1600 layers of information based on satellite imagery. “The information which can be accessed layer by layer pinpoints the exact location of rivers, forests, towns, and rail links so planning can be streamlined. BISAG-N is an agency which has built the Geospatial Information System and IT platform behind Gati Shakti. The same agency can help Bangladesh too,” Mr. Vaishnaw said.
In keeping with the requirements of Bangladesh Railway, the locomotives have been suitably modified by the Indian side. These locomotives will help handle the increasing volume of passenger and freight train operations in Bangladesh, a railway spokesperson said. Previously in June 2020, the Indian Government provided 10 locomotives to Bangladesh as grant.
