Qurbani Animals to Travel to Dhaka on the Mango Train
Instead of a separate cattle special, the railway will carry sacrificial animals from Chapainawabganj to Dhaka in separate wagons of the Mango Special train.
Instead of a separate cattle special, the railway will carry sacrificial animals from Chapainawabganj to Dhaka in separate wagons of the Mango Special train.
Mango bookings on the Mango Special Train fell on its second day, Friday 9 June, a day after it was launched to carry mangoes cheaply from Chapainawabganj.
A special cattle train will again carry sacrificial animals to Dhaka this Eid at a quarter of the cost of trucking them, Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan said.
The Mango Special Train set off for Dhaka from Rohanpur in Chapainawabganj on 8 June carrying 4,758 kg of mangoes.
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan will inaugurate the Mango Special Train at Chapainawabganj railway station at 11am on Thursday, 8 June.
The launch of the Mango Special Train has been moved to 8 June because Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan wants to inaugurate it himself.
A special train to carry mangoes from Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi to Dhaka will be inaugurated at Chapainawabganj railway station on Wednesday, 7 June.
The mango special train announced for 20 May has not run because most of Chapainawabganj's mangoes are not yet mature.
The deputy commissioners of Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi and Naogaon have agreed to propose a single courier rate for mangoes sent to Dhaka.
The Mango Special Train will carry mangoes from Chapainawabganj from the last week of May, the West Zone railway said.
The Chapainawabganj-Dhaka cattle special train was stopped after one run because no animals were booked on its second day.
Bangladesh Railway is running a cattle special train from Chapainawabganj to Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, charging Tk 591.40 to carry one cow.