People who used to avail train from Nurundi railway station to go to different destinations yesterday suffered a lot as the Bangladesh Railway authorities declared closure of the station on Thursday without prior notice.
Being irritated by the decision, local people put up barricaded on the Dhaka-Tangail rail track in the area yesterday for four hours that halted rail communication between the capital and Jamalpur, causing sufferings for passengers who boarded on trains from other stations of the district.
During the blockade, Dhaka-bound Teesta Express at Jamalpur station and Dhaleswari Express at Biddyaganj rail station got stuck for several hours. Passengers of Teesta Express – Tota Mia, Joinal Abedin and Abul Kalam, around 5pm told the Dhaka Tribune that they got stuck after the train reached Jamalpur railway station.
A local resident Mokhlesur Rahman demanded reopening of the station as soon as possible to ease suffering of locals.
Station Master of Jamalpur Railway station told the Dhaka Tribune that the authorities concerned had declared closure of the station due to manpower shortage.
