Source<\/b>: The post is based on the article \u201cIndia gives Bangladesh key rail infra<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in The Hindu <\/b>on 24th May 2023<\/b><\/p>\nWhat is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n
India has handed over 20 Broad Gauge (BG) locomotives to neighbouring Bangladesh.<\/span><\/p>\n In 2020, India provided 10 locomotives to Bangladesh as a grant. These locomotives are performing well and contributing to the smooth movement of rail traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n Rail connectivity is one of the key components of the bilateral development partnership between India and Bangladesh.<\/span><\/p>\n Currently, three pairs of passenger trains operate between India-Bangladesh. These are Kolkata-Dhaka: Maitree Express, Kolkata-Khulna: Bandhan Express and New Jalpaiguri- Dhaka: Mitali Express.<\/span><\/p>\n Further, the two countries are working in full swing to complete and commission the two cross-border rail connectivity. These are \u2013 (a)<\/strong> Akhaura-Agartala and (b)<\/strong> Mahihasan-Shahbazpur.<\/span><\/p>\n The Indian Railways is emerging as one of the major exporters of coaches and rakes to foreign countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In March, the Indian Railways exported 54 loco-hauled coaches and 30 DEMU coaches (cape-gauge) to Mozambique.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The exportation of coaches is a boost to Prime Minister\u2019s \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiatives and also a perfect example of \u2018Atma Nirbhar Bharat\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIndia gives Bangladesh key rail infra\u201d published in The Hindu on 24th May 2023 What is the News? India has handed over 20 Broad Gauge (BG) locomotives to neighbouring Bangladesh. In 2020, India provided 10 locomotives to Bangladesh as a grant. These locomotives are performing well and… Continue reading India gives Bangladesh key rail infra<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,164,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-243919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About the trains between India and Bangladesh<\/b><\/h2>\n
India Railways \u2013 A major exporter of coaches, rakes<\/b><\/h2>\n