Rail communications between Dhaka and the northern part of the country have resumed after five hours of suspension following a crack under the rail track due to incessant rain.
Md Afzal Hossain, additional chief engineer (Track), West Zone of Bangladesh Railway, has told the Dhaka Tribune.
Rail communications between Dhaka and the northern part of the country had been suspended since Saturday morning as railway tracks in Kalihati upazila of Tangail subsided due to incessant rain, Bangabandhu Bridge (east) police station Officer-in-Charge Aktaruzzaman has said.
He said: “A seven feet hole has developed under the trail track in Analiabari area due to heavy rainfall for the last two days.”
“The rail track subsided at 11am and the railway authority decided to keep the railway communication suspended,” Pankaj Kumar Saha, divisional railway manager said.
The repairing work of the hole has been completed and the rail communications has resumed, Pankaj said.
Dhaka-bound Silk City service from Rajshahi got stuck at Ibrahimabad station, the east side of Bangabandhu Bridge, Nilsagar Express, Rangpur Express at Tangail Station, Sundarban Express at Mohera Stattion of Mirzapur and Ekata Express at Mouchak of Gazipur, Divisional Transportation Officer Md Shafiqur Rahman said.
