PM promises timely completion of India-Bhutan railway links

Calls for enhanced energy cooperation with neighbouring country

- ARCHIS MOHAN

India and Bhutan on Tuesday signed seven agreements, including New Delhi committing to provide ₹4,000 crore worth of concessional line of credit to Thimphu for Bhutan’s energy sector. Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to the neighbouring country, assured the Bhutanese leadership that he has instructed Indian officials to ensure timely implementation of the two rail projects linking Bhutan and India.

In his address at an event at Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu to mark the 7oth birth anniversary of Bhutan’s former king Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Modi said Indian investigating agencies “will get to the bottom” of the conspiracy behind the blast near the Red Fort in New Delhi on Monday evening, and the perpetrators behind it will not be spared. “All those responsible will be brought to justice,” he said.

The PM also attended the Global Peace Prayer Festival, where King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, led a prayer in the presence of thousands of Bhutanese for the victims of the Delhi blast.