The Nabharan–Munshiganj line is a proposed railway line in Bangladesh to connect Nabharan in Jessore District with Munshiganj in Satkhira District.

History

In 2010, the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina, while addressing a political public meeting organized in Shyamnagar Upazila of Satkhira District, promised the people to connect Satkhira District with Jessore District through a railway line.[1] After making the promise, the government started survey activities for the project, but due to unknown reasons, the work on the project stalled.[2] As of 2020, the estimated budget of the proposed railway was ৳166.224 billion and 80% of the money was asked to China as loan. The construction period was estimated from 2020 to 4 years.[3] On 12 May 2022, Satkhira's Cultural Society sent a memorandum to the prime minister demanding the implementation of the project.[4] On 15 January 2023, the Jatiya Sangsad gave in-principle approval for the construction of the line.[1] On the same day, the railway minister Md. Nurul Islam Sujon said that the government is looking for investors to implement the project.[5]

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