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India To Build First-Ever Railway Links With Bhutan At ₹4,033 Crore Outlay, Connecting Gelephu & Samtse

Published on: Monday 29 September 2025

India To Build First-Ever Railway Links With Bhutan At ₹4,033 Crore Outlay, Connecting Gelephu & Samtse India will fund and build Bhutan’s first railway connectivity through two new cross-border links, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced on Monday, September 29. The Rs 4,033 crore project will link Banarhat in West Bengal to Samtse, and Kokrajhar in Assam to Gelephu, marking a milestone in bilateral relations.


News source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/india-to-build-first-ever-railway-links-with-bhutan-at-rs-4033-crore-outlay-connecting-gelephu-samtse

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