Saturday, March 17, 2012

Railway Losing Tk 7,000 crore per year: Suranjit


DHAKA NEWS

Railways Minister Suranjit Sengupta said on Saturday that the railway sector is incurring a loss of Tk 7,000 crore every year.

To reduce the loss in the sector, the government has recently taken up different projects involving Tk 24,000 crore, the minister said.

Suranjit was addressing a seminar on revamping Bangladesh Railway at Dhanmondi. English daily The Independent organised the seminar.

While pointing out different weaknesses of the sector, the minister cited again limited resources.

Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, CEO and editor-in-chief of Boishakhi TV, moderated the programme while Moazzem Hossain, a professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, presented the keynote.

Mahbubul Alam, editor of The Independent and Railways Secretary Fazle Elahi were also present at the programme.

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