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Khulna–Mongla Port Line
Khulna–Mongla Port line is a under-construction broad gauge railway to connect the country with Mongla Port. The Rupsha Rail Bridge is located on this route. History In 2010, the government planned to build a railway from Khulna to Mongla Port. A budget of was fixed for the construction of this railway, a joint financing of India and Bangladesh. But in 2015 it increased to . The deadline for the construction project was 2018. Due to the change in the route of the railway, the construction of a bridge over the Rupsa River became final and the length of the proposed railway increased from 53 km to 65 km. Two Indian contractors were appointed for the construction in 2015, but construction began the following year. As of November 2017, 27.5% of railway construction work was completed. The following year saw another 7.95% progress in construction. However, due to various complications, the railway could not be completed within three and a half years, due to which the deadline was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
