(a) Whether the Government of Bangladesh have agreed to extend railway freight transit facilities for India from West Bengal to Tripura;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?
(a) Whether the Government of Bangladesh have agreed to extend railway freight transit facilities for India from West Bengal to Tripura;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) if not, the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways (SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH)
(a) No, sir.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) The Government of India have been proposing, since long, to the Government of Bangladesh for granting of rail transit
facilities to the North-Eastern States from West Bengal but the same is awaiting acceptance from Bangladesh
Government.