Coxs Bazar rail link to boost tourism, industrialization

Coxs Bazar rail link to boost tourism, industrialization

COXs BAZAR: Tourist town Coxs Bazar, having the worlds longest sandy beach, is going to enter a new era of railway connectivity as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally open tomorrow the long-cherished 102-km Chattogram-Dohazari-Coxs Bazar dual-gauge single railway line and iconic oyster-shaped Coxs Bazar station here with a marine atmosphere at first sight.
"All preparations have been completed for the opening of the fast-track mega railway project, implemented at a cost of Taka 18034.47 crore and financed by Asian Development Bank and Bangladesh government, as trial runs were done successfully on Tuesday," Dohazari-Coxs Bazar Railway Project director Md Suboktagin told BSS.