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Bhairab train collision: Rail link restored after 4hrs

  • Train’s locomaster among three suspended
  • Three separate committees formed

 

Update : 23 Oct 2023, 11:54 PM

Rail communication with Dhaka and Chittagong, Sylhet and Kishoreganj has been restored after four hours of disruption.

The communication halted on Monday after two trains collided and left at least 17 individuals dead.  

Operations resumed around 7:30pm,  according to a source of Bangladesh Railway. 

Three separate committees have been formed to investigate the deadly train accident in Kishoreganj on Monday  afternoon that left at least 17 killed and scores injured, reports UNB. 

A five member inquiry committee formed by Chittagong Railway included COPS Md Shahidul Islam, Chief Mechanical Engineer Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Chief Engineer Arman Hossain, Chittagong Superintendent of Police (CSP) Tushar and Chief Medical Officer Ahad Ali Sarkar, confirmed Siraj-Ud-Doula Khan, public relations officer of the Railway Ministry.

Another four member divisional committee also formed led by Divisional Transport Officer, Divisional Mechanical Engineer Locomotive, Divisional Engineer-1, Divisional Signal and Telecommunication Engineer, he said.

But he could not provide detailed information about the timeframe to submit reports.

The Rail Ministry formed another inquiry committee and the GO will be issued on Tuesday morning.

The report has been asked to be submitted within three working days, said PRO of the ministry.

At least 17 people were killed and scores injured on Monday when a cargo train rammed into two bogies of a passenger train at Bhairab Rail Station in Kishoreganj district on Monday.

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