India plans to build 14 new railways, 861 km of which will increase rail connectivity with Bangladesh. The country also wants to lay 202.5 km of railway tracks connecting Nepal and another 212km towards northeast India. Indian Railways will survey a 32 km line from Dakshin Dinajpur’s Radhikapur in West Bengal to Gitaldaha through Birol, Parbatipur and Kaunia. The Bilonia to Feni and Chattogram rail route will be 131 km long, of which 38 km will be new railway tracks. Bangladesh is also thinking about the railway connectivity project, and an inter-ministerial meeting has been held regarding it.
