Kolkata- Khulna-Dhaka bus service ceremoniously flagged off from Kolkata today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his counterpart from Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and the Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee jointly initiated the ceremony from Hyderabad House in Delhi.
This is a part of several initiatives being taken to strengthen bilateral relations and provide better road and rail connectivity for citizens of both the countries.
Senior Ministers and high officials from the Government of West Bengal and visiting delegates from Bangladesh participated in the flagging off ceremony held at Kolkata.
The bus services are being operated in the lines of Kolkata-Dhaka and Kolkata- Dhaka-Agaratala along with the newly introduced Kolkata-Khulna-Dhaka bus service run by state transport corporations of West Bengal, Tripura and also Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation.
Now, for the first time, Kolkata and Khulna is being directly connected through a bus route. In the 409 Km long bus route from Kolkata via Khulna to Dhaka, two buses will run three days a week from both sides.
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