{"id":1820,"date":"2025-09-29T16:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:22:10","slug":"india-bhutan-rail-connectivitypartnership-for-shared-prosperity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/?p=1820","title":{"rendered":"India-Bhutan Rail ConnectivityPartnership for Shared Prosperity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India &#8211; Bhutan rail connectivity projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project name Investment (Rs)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-29-at-21.30.25-1-826x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1825\" style=\"width:539px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1 Kokrajhar (India) \u2013 Gelephu<br>(Bhutan) New Line (69 km)<br>3,456 Cr<br>2 Banarhat (India) \u2013 Samtse<br>(Bhutan) New Line (20 km)<br>577 Cr<br>Total 4,033 Cr<br>Strengthening India &#8211; Bhutan ties<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pramad.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-29-at-21.30.25-2-890x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1824\" style=\"width:319px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India is the largest trading partner for Bhutan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indian ports facilitate Bhutan&#8217;s international trade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samtse and Gelephu major EXIM hubs in Bhutan &#8211; serve<br>700 km long India-Bhutan border<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India committed to strengthening connectivity for<br>Bhutanese economic centres<br>India &#8211; Bhutan regional rail connectivity<br>Map for illustration purpose only<br>India &#8211; Bhutan regional rail connectivity<br>Map for illustration purpose only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kokrajhar \u2013 Gelephu new Line<br>Map for illustration purpose only<br>Gelephu<br>(Bhutan)<br>Kokrajhar<br>(India)<br>Balagaon<br>Garubhasa<br>Runikhata<br>Shantipur<br>Kokrajhar &#8211; Gelephu alignment<br>Dadgiri BHUTAN<br>INDIA<br>Text<br>Map for illustration purpose only<br>Kokrajhar \u2013 Gelephu new Line<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>States and Districts benefited:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bhutan: Sarpang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assam: Kokrajhar and Chirang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investment of 3,456 Cr<br>Route length 69 km<br>Stations 6<br>Important bridges 2<br>Viaducts 2<br>Major bridges 29<br>Minor bridges 65<br>No of Goodsheds 2<br>ROBs 1<br>RUBs 39<br>Construction 4 years<br>Benefits of the project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First set of rail link projects in Bhutan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Will facilitate movement of people and goods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Better economic and employment opportunities for people<br>of the region<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gelephu being developed as mindfulness city<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Banarhat \u2013 Samtse new line<br>BHUTAN<br>Map for illustration purpose only<br>Samtse<br>(Bhutan)<br>Banarhat<br>(India)<br>Ambari BHUTAN<br>INDIA<br>Banarhat \u2013 Samtse alignment<br>Map for illustration purpose only<br>Banarhat \u2013 Samtse new line<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>States and Districts benefited:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bhutan: Samtse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>West Bengal: Jalpaiguri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investment of 577 Cr<br>Length 20 km<br>Stations 2<br>Major bridges 1<br>Minor bridges 24<br>ROBs 1<br>RUBs 37<br>Construction 3 years<br>Benefits of the project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Will facilitate movement of people and goods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Better economic and employment opportunities for people<br>of the region<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samtse being developed as industrial town by Government<br>of Bhutan<br>Promises made, promises delivered!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India &#8211; Bhutan rail connectivity projects Project name Investment (Rs) 1 Kokrajhar (India) \u2013 Gelephu(Bhutan) New Line (69<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","reviewnews-large":"","reviewnews-medium":""},"author_info":{"info":["Pramad News Papaer"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/pramad.in\/?cat=4\" rel=\"category\">\u0b2e\u0b41\u0b16\u0b4d\u0b5f \u0b16\u0b2c\u0b30<\/a>","tag_info":"\u0b2e\u0b41\u0b16\u0b4d\u0b5f \u0b16\u0b2c\u0b30","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1820"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pramad.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}