The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Communications Advisor Maj Gen (Retd) Ghulam Quader on Thursday hoped Dhaka-Kolkata train service would start in three months.

"I hope that the train service will start in three months as all preparations have been completed," he told reporters soon after Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty met him in his office.

The train service was scheduled to start late last year but hit snag for Indian demand of barbed wire fencing on the no-man's land at entry point on Chuadanga border.

"India is our neighbouring country and the train service would strengthen our relationship. We all be benefited if the train service started," he said.

Gen Quader who took over the communications ministry couple of days ago said a fresh proposal was sent to New Delhi with the hope that they will agree to it.

"Fencing on the no-man's land was Indian's condition but the new proposal sent to New Delhi excluding this pre-condition," he told a correspondent.

The matter will be discussed further between the two sides to reach a fruitful solution, he added.

Indian Deputy High Commissioner Mukta D Tomar and Railway official Jaya Varma Sinha were present during the meeting with the Adviser that lasted nearly an hour.