Two companies from Bangladesh and two Chinese firms have signed joint venture agreements to build over 100 km rail lines and required infrastructure in the country’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district bordering Myanmar. Officials of Bangladesh Railways and joint venture China Railway Group Limited (CREC) of China, as well as Toma Construction and Company Limited of Bangladesh; and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and MAX JV (joint adventure of CCECC of China and MAX international Ltd of Bangladesh) signed the deals on behalf of their respective sides.
In line with the agreements, the Bangladeshi and the Chinese firms will construct 102 km of new dual gauge rail line along with 185 major and minor bridges under two different projects. The projects concern a double-track line between Dhaka and Chittagong and a fresh line on Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar-Ghundum route. A rail station building will also be constructed under the project in Cox’s Bazar town. The projects are supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and are scheduled to be completed in three years.
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