Rundown Tracks
Rail communications in 3 north districts cut for 4 days
Train communication between Dinajpur, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts has remained cut off for four days as a Panchagarh-bound train derailed three times after it left Dinajpur on Saturday morning, said Railway sources at Dinajpur.
Three hours after the Panchagarh-bound mixed train derailed with packed passengers at Ruhia under Thakurgaon district, a relief train restored the communication.
But it derailed again at Thakurgaon and Bochaganj upazila in Dinajpur when the train was returning from Panchagarh on the same day and it led to postponement of rail communication, which is yet to be restored as of filing the report yesterday, said railway officials of Parbatipur Junction.
They said weak slippers in railway track between Parbatipur-Panchagarh are causing frequent derailment while fund crisis is holding back repair work of the rail line.
The 100-kilometre railway line between Parbatipur to Panchagarh has become risky as most slippers are damaged or decayed and stones of the rail tracks were taken away by the locals due to lack of monitoring, they added.
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