NILPHAMARI, Oct 29, 2025 (BSS)- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed a Taka 4,200 crore project to modernize and enhance the production capacity of the country’s largest Saidpur Railway Workshop.

To assess the financial feasibility of proposed project, a delegation from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has visited the workshop yesterday. The team inspected various operations and infrastructures of the workshop.

SM Jakaria Huq, Additional Secretary and Chief of the ADB Wing at the Economic Relations Division (ERD), and Hoe Yun Jeong, Country Director of ADB led the delegation.

The delegation visited key facilities, including the bogie and wagon workshop and the carriage construction workshop before holding a discussion meeting.

Divisional Superintendent (DS) of Saidpur Railway Workshop Shah Sufi Nur Mohammad and Works Manager (WM) Mamtazul Haque presented an overview of the workshop’s operations and proposed development plan.

Talking to journalists DS Nur Mohammad said the ADB delegation came to assess the financial feasibility of the proposed Taka 4,200 crore project aimed at expanding and modernizing the two sub-workshops and enhancing production capacity. 

“The team expressed satisfaction with our proposal and assured us of taking prompt action,” he said adding- Once implemented, this project will bring about an epoch making improvement in the production capacity and infrastructures of the Saidpur Railway Workshop.