Residents of Dhaka's Shahjahanpur Railway Colony form a human chain at Kamalapur Railway Station premises on Thursday, June 25, 2020 CourtesyThe vans can be used to carry agro goods from remote areas of the countries to the citiesBangladesh Railway (BR) has signed a deal with a Chinese company to buy 125 luggage vans worth Tk358.39 crore in order to boost goods transportation between villages and towns. Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan was present at the contract signing ceremony held at Rail Bhaban on Monday, where he said Bangladesh Railway is going to buy luggage vans after 40 years later. Of the 125 luggage vans, 75 are for metre gauge track and 50 for broad gauge line. According to the contract paper, the China National Technical Import and Export Corporation-Railtecho-GNC JV will provide the luggage vans some time between the next 20 to 27 months. The railway minister said: “Farmers can send their agro product to their customers easily using the luggage van.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 31, 2020 10:07 UTC