The agreement gives DP Rail the exclusive right to design, finance, build and operate the new railway line between Dhaka and Payra port. China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has been chosen as the project's principal civil engineering contractor, reported Global Rail News.
UK trade envoy Rushanara Ali MP, who attended the signing ceremony on December 20, was quoted as saying: "This is a project of vital national importance to Bangladesh, and I welcome the fact that this project has been proposed as a best of British railway, representing a substantial export opportunity for the UK railway supply chain."
UK trade envoy Rushanara Ali MP, who attended the signing ceremony on December 20, was quoted as saying: "This is a project of vital national importance to Bangladesh, and I welcome the fact that this project has been proposed as a best of British railway, representing a substantial export opportunity for the UK railway supply chain."