Train services soon between Siliguri and Dhaka
Train services between north Bengal’s Siliguri, the second-largest city in the eastern state, and Bangladesh capital Dhaka will start soon, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s foreign secretary, said on Sunday. The Centre is trying to operationalize the railway services between the two cities and the announcement on the same would be made soon. The plan is to start the service at the earliest and it will take advantage of the opening of Haldibari-Chilahati train services. It is important for linking Bangladesh to north Bengal. It will provide a lot of opportunities in the transportation of goods. The services will start with freight trains and, over a period of time, passenger train services will start between Siliguri and Dhaka. Freight train services between Haldibari in the Alipurduar railway division and Chilahati in Bangladesh resumed on August 1st, after a gap of 56 years. The two countries have passenger train services between Kolkata and Dhaka and between Kolkata and Khulna. Passenger trains between Dhaka and Siliguri will bring in tourists and people coming for medical reasons also. This is good for the region.
Bihar set to get its 4th expressway, will connect Gorakhpur to Siliguri
This will be the fourth expressway in Bihar. One such road is being constructed between Aurangabad and Jaynagar (in Madhubani district). A second one is being constructed between Raxaul and Patna, which will go to Kolkata. Another one is proposed between Buxar and Bhagalpur. Bihar is all set to get a second expressway – which will start from Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh to Siliguri in West Bengal. The report further said that the new road will prove to be a lifeline for those living in north Bihar. Currently, there is no road connecting Gorakhpur with Siliguri, which is why it takes nearly a day to cover the distance between the two cities. The proposed expressway will reduce the distance between Gorakhpur and Siliguri to less than 600 kilometers. Most of it around 416 kilometers will pass through north Bihar. It will enter Bihar through Gopalganj, and pass through Siwan, Chhapra, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Supaul, Saharsa, Purnia, Kishanganj before reaching Siliguri. This will be a greenfield expressway and won’t include any of the existing roads. Since the speed of the vehicles is very high on the expressways, the alignment will be kept in such a manner that the road will be straight.
Sikkim Railway Network With Siliguri & Connectivity is set to start.
Sivok-Rangpo Railway Line is the line connecting the Indian states of West Bengal and Sikkim. It branches out from New Jalpaiguri – Alipurduar – Samuktala Road line at Sivok railway station, Sevoke Town near Siliguri in Darjeeling district and runs through villages and towns of Kalimpong district of West Bengal and terminates in Rangpo Railway Station in Rangpo, Pakyong District of Sikkim. In the second phase of construction, this line will be extended to Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. This railway line lies under the Northeast Frontier Railway zone Alipurduar railway division. This railway line covers Darjeeling district and Kalimpong district of West Bengal and the Pakyong District of Sikkim. Sivok–Rangpo line, a 44-kilometer long line, will provide access to Gangtok in Sikkim. The track will have 28 bridges and 14 tunnels and 38.5 kilometers of the track will be in tunnels. Bridges over deep gorges and valleys will provide a scenic journey. The track is constructed through the foothills of the Kanchanjungha mountain range and the Teesta river valley. New railway stations will be constructed at Melli, Teesta Bazaar, Geil Khola, Riang, and Rangpo.
Asian Highway 2
Asian Highway 2 (AH2) is a road in the Asian Highway Network running 13,107 kilometers (8,144 mi) from Denpasar, Indonesia to Merak and Singapore to Khosravi, Iran. Siliguri is one of the major hubs of the network in India, Asia, and the Euroasia region. It will have a major boost in Siliguri may it be tourism or transport business. The Asian Highway Network (or the Great Asian Highway) is a 141,000 kilometers network of roads running across 32 countries. It is being built with an intention to improve transport facilities throughout these nations and provide road links to Europe. The Great Asian Highway runs through 4,247 kilometers in Afghanistan, 958 kilometers in Armenia, 1,442 kilometers in Azerbaijan, 1,804 kilometers in Bangladesh, and 167 kilometers in Bhutan. In Cambodia, the highway extends to 1,339 kilometers, in China to 25,579 kilometers, North Korea 1,320 kilometers and Georgia 1,154 kilometers. The highway covers 11,432 kilometers in India, 3,989 kilometers in Indonesia, 11,152 kilometers in Iran, 1,200 kilometers in Japan, 13,189 kilometers in Kazakhstan, and 1,695 kilometers in Kyrgyzstan. It spans 2,297 kilometers in Lao PDR, 1,595 kilometers in Malaysia, 4,286 kilometers in Mongolia, 3,003 kilometers in Myanmar, 1,321 kilometers through Nepal, 5,377 kilometers in Pakistan, 3,517 kilometers in the Philippines, 907 kilometers in South Korea, 16,869 kilometers Russia, and 19 kilometers in Singapore. The highway is 650 kilometers long in Sri Lanka, 1,925 kilometers in Tajikistan, 5,112 kilometers in Thailand, 5,254 kilometers in Turkey, 2,204 kilometers in Turkmenistan, 2,966 kilometers in Uzbekistan, and 2,678 kilometers in Vietnam.
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