India, neighbours explore rail pact

[RealNapster]

West Bengal dede thakur

West Basanti Lejaa. West Bengal nahe milna...

 

[Sliver]

Its passenger only and quite restricted/controlled.


The BBIN network will be more comprehensive with high freight focus.

is this an isolation of Pakistan from SAARC? I guess that would be off topic here

Does this link with the Chinese railways? I guess the trade between China and Bangladesh could really shoot up with the transit and India can make money off the transit fee?

 

[Nilgiri]

is this an isolation of Pakistan from SAARC? I guess that would be off topic here

In a way yes. More like India is moving on with the other SAARC members + Burma, Iran, Afghanistan....and even China.

Does this link with the Chinese railways? I guess the trade between China and Bangladesh could really shoot up with the transit and India can make money off the transit fee?

Yes there will eventually be strong inter-connectivity between BBIN and BCIM.

Here's BCIM:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...-economic-corridor-project/article7355496.ece

 

[Abingdonboy]

is this an isolation of Pakistan from SAARC? I guess that would be off topic here

Pakistan has isolated itself in SAARC and done everything in its power to sabotage its efforts from making progress so these nations are looking to form their own framework to push their development foreward.

 

[anant_s]

this program was telecasted about 2 months back on Discovery HD. The above episode was a real special one about Samjhauta Express and successful journey of a Father Son for an eye treatment. Its a must watch on how railways bring people together.
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[AndrewJin]

this program was telecasted about 2 months back on Discovery HD. The above episode was a real special one about Samjhauta Express and successful journey of a Father Son for an eye treatment. Its a must watch on how railways bring people together.
@WAJsal @Irfan Baloch @Levina @Abingdonboy @AndrewJin

Fascinating documentary!

 

[Nilgiri]

this program was telecasted about 2 months back on Discovery HD. The above episode was a real special one about Samjhauta Express and successful journey of a Father Son for an eye treatment. Its a must watch on how railways bring people together.
@WAJsal @Irfan Baloch @Levina @Abingdonboy @AndrewJin

I quite enjoyed the other two episodes (Bangladesh and Nepal) too.

 

[Abingdonboy]

I quite enjoyed the other two episodes (Bangladesh and Nepal) too.

this program was telecasted about 2 months back on Discovery HD. The above episode was a real special one about Samjhauta Express and successful journey of a Father Son for an eye treatment. Its a must watch on how railways bring people together.
@WAJsal @Irfan Baloch @Levina @Abingdonboy @AndrewJin

I watched the entire series at the tme on the BBC, the episode about Nepal's railways was the most interesting to me. I couldn't beleive how pathetically their services were being run (or not as the case was), derailing every few days and relying on the crew to fix the train as it broke down and collecting fares directly to pay for the repairs. The last few mins of that episode were interesting as it mentioned how the GoI was using the might of the IR to fix Nepal's railway.

 

[Echo_419]

West Bengal dede thakur


ahahaha South Asian polices suck, need big investment for improvement

Tumhara hi hojayega kuch saalo mein

 

[bananarepublic]

Pakistan has isolated itself in SAARC and done everything in its power to sabotage its efforts from making progress so these nations are looking to form their own framework to push their development foreward.

Dude we are Hosting the 19th SAARC summit this year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_SAARC_summit
We are "ISOLATING" ourselves by hosting the SAARC summit

But then again rail pact between Pakistan and India could have huge potential

 

[Abingdonboy]

Dude we are Hosting the 19th SAARC summit this year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_SAARC_summit
We are "ISOLATING" ourselves by hosting the SAARC summit

But then again rail pact between Pakistan and India could have huge potential

Indeed, I'm not saying Pakistan will be kicked out of SAARC at all but the body itself has proven to be ineffective for one reason or another and thus nations in SAARC are pursuing their own intiatives on a bi-lateral or multi-lateral (BBIN) basis.

Pakistan has isolated itself in the sense that it has halted efforts within the SAARC body to develop the region and engaged in needless acts of agression such as demanding China become a member of SAARC. This is fine, Pakistan and China can forge their own ties and development agenda, SAARC just isn't going to be the framework within which the region prospers for the forseeable future.

 

[Nilgiri]

Dude we are Hosting the 19th SAARC summit this year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_SAARC_summit
We are "ISOLATING" ourselves by hosting the SAARC summit

But then again rail pact between Pakistan and India could have huge potential

SAARC is just an excuse for leaders to have some chai and exchange some pleasantries and have some photoshoots and "MOU" signing.

Nothing of substance will really take shape till Pakistan extends MFN to India....thats the crux of the issue (limiting only to economy things that can move in current political/security atmosphere).

So the real issues are now moving forward in other fora like BBIN.

 

[CHD]

SAARC and the coming Dustbin is good for trading tomatoes and vegi samosas, that's it

 

[Levina]

you know i am worried about terror outfit, who will get nice hideout

Frankly India should be worried about it more than BD.
Let me give you an example: somewhere in 2003 when Bhutan and India had conducted op "all clear", the terrorists leaders took shelter in BD. It has always been so. Even those who can't make it through India's western border, enter through the porous BD and Nepal borders.
But I'm glad that your present govt is very cooperative in this regard.

Shillong, April 25: A connectivity pact, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Railway Agreement, is being explored while India is expanding railway links with its neighbours through the Northeast.

Delivering an address at the two-day Economic Cooperation Dialogue in Eastern South Asia here, director (transport) of the Railway Board, Mukul Kumar, said while this network is being explored, the draft of the SAARC Regional Railway Agreement is being finalised at the SAARC forum.

The dialogue has been jointly organised by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the Meghalaya government and the North Eastern Council. Delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and the northeastern states are taking part in the programme.

Kumar said the objectives of the Regional Railway Agreement include facilitation of cross-border transportation of goods and people and facilitation of an efficient multi-modal transport system for integration and sustaining the economic growth and competitiveness of the region.

The other objectives include furtherance of economic integration of the region and implementation of the relevant portions of the agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area.

For connectivity with Bangladesh, he said the Agartala-Akhaura New Line (Trans-Asian railways missing link) is undertaken while with Nepal two projects - Jogbani-Biratnagar link and Jayanagar-Bijalpura gauge conversion to Bardibas have been sanctioned.

The likely date of completion of the 15km Akhaura-Agartala railway project is 2018-19.

For the Jogbani (India)-Biratnagar (Nepal) new line project of 18.6km, the period for completion is two years on receipt of encumbrance-free land.

Moreover, Kumar said the missing rail link between India and Myanmar is from Jiribam-Moreh (Indian side) and Tamu-Kaley (Myanmar portion). The alignment is also part of the southern corridor of the Trans-Asian Railway network, he said.

He said Indian Railways has undertaken the new 110km line project between Jiribam and Imphal while it is surveying the remaining portion of the missing 111km link between Imphal and Moreh. Kumar said for connectivity with Myanmar, the Jiribam-Imphal new link is under construction and a survey has been undertaken for linking Imphal-Moreh. This link, he said will connect Indian Railways with Myanmar Railways in future.

Moreover, he said the UN-ESCAP-Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad container train service is already operational, and there is a proposal to extend the same to Calcutta and Dhaka, which could then make the South Asian region a major trade hub.

Kumar said the key challenges in cross-border railway transport include congestion and delays at border stations, complex border-crossing procedures and lack of harmonisation in the documents required for different countries, different operating rules and tariff structures, lack of qualified manpower to operate cross-border trains and others.

The BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger, Personal and Cargo Vehicular Traffic among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Myanmar was signed in June 2015.

The agreement envisages promoting safe, economical efficient and environmentally sound road transport in the sub-region and will further help each country in creating an institutional mechanism for regional integration. BBIN countries will benefit from mutual cross-border movement of passenger and goods for overall economic development of the region.

The people of the four countries will benefit through seamless movement of goods and passenger across borders.

As far as railway projects being undertaken in the Northeast are concerned, Kumar said there are 18 ongoing projects in the region covering 2,254km.

The likely date of completion of most of the projects ranges from 2016-17 to 2019-2020.


http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160426/jsp/frontpage/story_82217.jsp#.Vx7R1dQrK00


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SAARC is one of the least connected region, due to which we've had to bear high costs and low volumes of trade so far.
India's "make in India" will get a boost once the region is well connected. We'll get new markets as well as a chance to expand in existing markets.

 

[BDforever]

Frankly India should be worried about it more than BD.
Let me give you an example,somewhere in 2003 when Bhutan and India had conducted op "all clear", the terrorists leaders took shelter in BD. It has always been so.
But I'm glad that your present govt is very cooperative on in this regard.

and now Bangladeshi JMB terrorists hiding and doing job from West Bengal and Assam
btw Skull and bones called you sloth in FB lol