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Agartala: The process of laying the 15.054 km long railway tracks to connect Agartala with Akhaura in Bangladesh will be completed in two and half years, an official at the Ministry of External Affairs said here today.
“Of the total track, a stretch of five km will be on the Indian side and the rest in Bangladesh. The project would be completed in two and half years,” MEA Joint Secretary A K Gupte told reporters here.
The total project cost, Rs 972.52 crore, would be borne by the government of India, he said adding the Indian side was being funded by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region while the MEA is financing it for the Bangladesh side.
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