Authorities of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) are likely to start installation of rail track on the Mawa-Bhanga section from July in a major development for the fast-track project being implemented by Bangladesh Railway.
They would be ready to install the rail track on the Padma bridge within October this year and it would take up to six months to complete the work, said officials.
However, before starting the work, Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA), which is executing the long-cherished bridge project, has to hand over the bridge to BR s contractor for the work.
But the BBA may take up to February or March to complete their work before handing over the bridge, and in that case, it would be tough for BR to finish their work within June next year, the new deadline to open the bridge for public, said officials.
Two Chinese companies have expressed interest in forming a joint venture to construct, operate and manage funds for a proposed high-speed railway on the Dhaka-Chattogram route.
They proposed to be engaged in the multi-billion-dollar project on the basis of a public private partnership (PPP) under a government-to-government initiative
The companies China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) sent the proposal to the railways ministry through the Chinese embassy in Dhaka and the PPP Authority, railways sources said.
Bangladesh Railway yesterday held a meeting over the proposal with its Director General Dhirendra Nath Mazumder in the chair. It was decided in the meeting to seek the Economic Relations Division s (ERD s) opinion about the proposal, meeting sources said.