Staff Reporter :
The Motijheel section of the metro rail resumed its operation at 8:25pm following repairs to a mechanical fault which led halt the operation since 9:40am on Wednesday.
At night the capital’s residents were once again able to use this convenient form of transportation after a day long halt.
“The train operations were temporarily suspended from 9:40am to the Motijheel section due to the fault,” the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) said on its verified Facebook page on the morning.
The DMTCL said then the trains were still running on the Uttara to Agargaon section.
Train has resumed its operation at the night said Mohammad Abdur Rouf, Managing Director of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL).
Abdur Rouf told journalists at 5:15pm, “The pillar number 430 has a head with four bearing pads that act like springs to maintain flexibility. One of these pads was displaced by two or three inches.”
“To avoid any risk, we suspended metro operations from Agargaon to Motijheel this [Wednesday] morning. The section has now been fully prepared for service,” he said.