Mamata to discuss issue of immigration clearance time with Hasina
Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said she would take up with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is scheduled to visit India later this month, the issue of reducing the time for immigration clearance on both sides of the border between India and Bangladesh.
The issue of inordinate delay at land customs on both sides of the border will be taken up during the visit of Hasina, Mamata said, adding that she had already talked to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee about it.
Her statement came in the wake of complaints by passengers of Kolkata-Dhaka train about the excessive delay in immigration clearance.
Mamata was speaking at a function organised for laying the foundation of a new railway track to Bongaon, which is close to India-Bangladesh border.
The 11.5-km track, she said, would cost Rs 57.16 crore and the project is expected to be completed in about two years.
Mamata is scheduled to call on Hasina during the latter's stay in Delhi.
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