The 2 MoUs inked with India on modernising railways in Bangladesh
Bangladesh and India today inked two MoUs as part of efforts to modernise railway operations in Bangladesh, Indian rail officials said.
According to the officials, the Memorandum of Understanding on the training of Bangladesh Railway employees in training institutes of Indian Railways provides the framework of cooperation and will include designing, coordinating, conducting seminars, workshops, classroom and fields training, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
Indian Railways will also coordinate with officials of Bangladesh in organising visits and assisting in setting up and improving training facilities in Bangladesh and study requirements, they added.
The other Memorandum of Understanding on "Collaboration in IT Systems such as FOIS and other IT applications for Bangladesh Railway" will cover all aspects of computerization like passenger ticketing, freight operations and control office, train inquiry system, digitization of asset management, HR and Finance infrastructure in Bangladesh Railway through India's Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) which will offer IT solutions to Bangladesh Railway.
The two MoUs are the result of the visit of the Indian Railways delegation to Bangladesh in April this year and the meeting between Minister of Railways of India and Bangladesh on June 1 to further promote cooperation between the two countries and deepen the inter-governmental railway co-operation between the two countries, according to the officials.
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