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Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – Malaysia will submit two proposals to Bangladesh Railways within the next couple of months- provide 400 new coaches and set up Dhaka-Comilla elevated cord line.
Dato Seri S Samy Vellu, who is leading a three-member Malaysian delegation to Bangladesh, said during meeting with Railways Minister Md Mujibul Haque on Wednesday.
During the meeting, Samy Vellu, also the Malaysian Prime Minister`s special envoy on infrastructural development in South-east and South Asia, said, Malaysia will formally submit two proposals to the railway authorities of Bangladesh- one for providing 400 new coaches (compartments) and the other for setting up an elevated cord line from the capital to Comilla to connect the two cities with cord train.
Expressing eagerness to implement the two projects, Samy Vellu said, the proposal to provide railway carriages will be submitted by March 15 while the other will be placed before the railway authority within the next one month from today.
Thanking the Malaysian government for wanting to finance the projects, Minister Mujibul Haque told the Malaysian Prime Minister`s envoy that the Bangladesh government welcomes their proposal to implement the two important projects.
He assured the delegation that the government will seriously consider their proposals.
However, the minister said, that the final decision about implementation of the two projects will be taken after Kuala Lumpur submits its proposals formally.
Norlin Othman, Malaysian High Commissioner in Dhaka, Md Mahbub-ur-Rahman, Secretary of the Ministry of Railways and Md Abu Taher, Director General of Bangladesh Railways, were, among others, present during the meeting, held at the office of the Railways Minister.
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