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STAFF WRITER 23:36 HRS IST

Cooch Behar (WB), Oct 29 (PTI) Indian Railways would connect Bhutan with Sikkim and Bangladesh through north Bengal, Railway minister Mamata Banerjee said today.

One survey for the Bhutan project was complete and three other surveys were now on for it, the minister, who will lay the foundation stone of the Rs-1,335 crore Sevoke-Rangpo railway project to connect Sikkim with rest of the country tomorrow, told newsmen here.

"Tomorrow, we will begin a historic project to connect Sikkim with the rest of the country," she said.

Location survey tender for the 52.7 km Sevoke-Rangpo railway project has been floated and Rs 10 crore allotted for it in this year's railway budget. The project is scheduled for completion by 2015.

Stating that the project on doubling of railway tracks between Changrabandha-Malbazar was on, she said it would help Bhutan in freight movement.

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