COX’S BAZAR, Nov 12 (NNN-BSS) – The Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar Railway, one of the priority development projects of Bangladesh, was inaugurated here yesterday, to bolster connectivity and transportation infrastructure in the country.
The 103.5-km railway, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), was partly built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and the China Railway Group Limited (CREC).
Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina and Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, attended the inauguration ceremony.
In her speech delivered at the event, Prime Minister Hasina said, this was the day of feeling proud.
“The long wait of Cox’s Bazar residents has finally come to an end. There is a longstanding demand in this region. The demand is met today,” Hasina said, adding, the rail link marked the beginning of a new era.
Chen Yongyi, project manager of lot two, said, the railway, which will shorten travel time between Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar from six to two hours, will become a key route of the trans-Asian railway network in Bangladesh, and an important part of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor.
The lot two of the project was constructed by the CCECC in close association with its local partner Max Group.– NNN-BSS
