Kaliganj Representative --
After a long period of speculation, the Burimari Express train has been inaugurated from Burimari railway station in Patgram, Lalmonirhat. It will make it easier for the people of Lalmonirhat district to travel safely and connect with Dhaka at a low cost.
On Tuesday (March 12) afternoon, the train was officially inaugurated by cutting the ribbon on the Burimari-Dhaka route from Burimari railway station. Freedom fighter Motahar Hossain, Member of Parliament of Lalmonirhat-1 Constituency announced the inauguration. On this occasion, Lalmonirhat-2 Constituency Member of Parliament and former Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed, Lalmonirhat-3 Constituency Member of Parliament Advocate Matiar Rahman and others were present as Railway Rajshahi Western Regional Manager Asim Kumar Talukdar, Lalmonirhat Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ullah, Superintendent of Police Mohammad Saiful Islam. , Patgram Upazila Parishad Chairman Ruhul Amin Babul and Patgram Upazila Awami League President Purna Chandra Roy. Lalmonirhat Divisional Railway Manager Abdus Salam presided over the inauguration ceremony.
As the train started from Burimari railway station, new communication was established with passengers holding passports and visas of India, Bhutan, Nepal. Along with socio-economic development, there will be economic development. As the train started its journey, a new door of communication with Dhaka was opened for hundreds of thousands of people of Aditamari, Kaliganj, Hatibandha and Patgram upazilas of Lalmonirhat. The train will stop at 11 stations en route from Burimari to Dhaka and 12 stations on the way back from Dhaka to Burimari.
Patgram Upazila Awami League General Secretary and Upazila Parishad Chairman Ruhul Amin said, "Our demand is to complete the construction of Burimari railway station very quickly and demand that the Burimari Express train run from Burimari railway station."
Asim Kumar Talukder, Rajshahi West Manager of Bangladesh Railway said, "The Burimari Express train will run from Lalmonirhat railway station to Dhaka until the Was Ped and other infrastructure are constructed at Burimari railway station.