Railway gets 100 coaches by 2011

Railway gets 100 coaches by 2011 Star Online Report The government has planned to add 100 metre gauge (MG) coaches to Bangladesh Railway by 2011, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain informed the parliament this morning. In reply to a query of Awami League lawmaker Israfil Alam, the communications minister disclosed some plans to purchase new compartments and new locomotives in efforts to make the railway sector profitable and popular. He said the coaches would be purchased under ‘Bangladesh Railway Sector Development Project’. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is financing the project. Besides, 50 MG flat wagon and five break-vans would be purchased for container transportation by 2011, said the communications minister. He said an agreement has already been signed with China on May 4, 2009. The government has also planned to purchase 21 locomotives for the railway by 2012, he said. The House proceedings resumed this morning after a two-day recess.