Dhaka, Aug. 10 -- The Ministry of Railways has formed an inquiry committee to scrutinise the specifications, involving technical, electrical capacity, and operational capacity, in the purchase of 30 metre-gauge locomotives for Bangladesh Railway.

Based on the information obtained during the review, the panel will submit its findings to the ministry within 15 working days, bdnews24.com reports citing a press release from the Ministry of Railways issued on Sunday.

The purchase of these metre-gauge locomotives is under the project titled "Conversion of Chattogram-Dohazari Metre Gauge Railway to Dual Gauge Railway", being implemented by Bangladesh Railway.

The release also said that Bangladesh Railway has already prepared draft specificati...