A six-member committee has been formed to investigate the derailment of the Panchagarh-bound Panchagarh Express near Kamalapur Railway Station in the early hours of Friday.
The Ministry of Railways established the committee with the Additional Secretary of the Planning Division, Rafiqul Islam, as the convener, while the senior assistant secretary of the Land Branch will act as the member secretary.
The committee’s other members include the additional director general of railway services at Bangladesh Railways, the chief engineer (West) of Bangladesh Railways in Rajshahi, the deputy inspector general of Railway Police, and a representative from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).
The committee has been directed to submit its report within seven days.
The incident occurred around 12:30am on Friday in the outer signal area of Kamalapur Railway Station, leading to widespread delays and impacting train schedules from Dhaka on Friday morning.
The derailment brought train operations on both eastern and western routes to a standstill, leaving trains stranded at multiple stations, including Joydebpur, Pubail, and Tongi in Gazipur; Jinaradi and Ghorashal in Narsingdi; and Dhaka Airport, Tejgaon, and Cantonment stations.
This resulted in a ripple effect of delays, with several trains departing 5-7 hours behind schedule.
