Muhammad Imran, the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India, visited Haldibari in Cooch Behar district on Tuesday and inspected the ongoing work at the Haldibari-Chilahati rail route.

There are indications that the rail route that would link India with Bangladesh (Chilahati falls in Nilfamari district, Bangladesh) may reopen later this month.

Imran, who reached north Bengal on Monday along with first secretary Zakir Ahmed, visited the land customs station at Fulbari on Siliguri outskirts. Senior Border Security Force (BSF) officers accompanied him.

Imran told the media at Haldibari that trains earlier ran through this route. “As far as resumption of services is concerned, the decision would be made after a high-level meeting between both countries.”

Imran spoke with BSF and railway officials and also rode in a trolley along the rail route till the zero point. Senior officials of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) welcomed him at the border.