Correct Answer : Bangladesh
The first goods train on the revived Chilahati-Haldibari route between Bangladesh and India is scheduled has left the Alipurduar section of India for Bangladesh, July 31, 2021.
* The Haldibari-Chilahati train route was opened in December last year for the operation of the goods train after a gap of 55 years during the virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
* The passenger train will also run on the same route. This route was closed during the India-Pakistan war of 1965.
* However, the operation of the trains remained disrupted due to the COVID 19 pandemic in India and Bangladesh.
* At present, five rail routes connect Bangladesh and India namely Petrapole-Benapole, Gede-Darshana, Singhabad-Rohanpur Radhikapur-Birol and Haldibari-Chilahati.
