CREC should talk to the authorities
Says rail minister on contractor’s fund crisis
Rail Minister Nurul Islam Sujan says Bangladesh Railway is going to change schedules for 35 intercity trains starting January 10. Photo: Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary/Star Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
If the contractor for the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project has any issue, it should talk to the authorities concerned, as this is not something to talk about with the media, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday.
The minister made the comments a day after China Railway Group Ltd, also known as CREC, issued a press statement alleging that it had not been paid for work done in the last seven months and this was slowing down project implementation.
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