Metro rail services resume after suspension

Staff Reporter :
The Metro rail services were disrupted around one hour between Uttara North and Motijheel due to technical problems, but the service resumed at around 4:15pm on Sunday.

According to multiple sources, one of the metro rails movement suddenly halted at 2:25 pm in between Kazipara and Shewrapara stations.

Meanwhile, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited ( DMTCL) has formed a probe committee to findout the causes for halting the metrorail operation suddenly.

MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), said the there were problems in the electricity supply, leading to the suspension.

“The operation resumed after checking the entire line manually,” he said. The DMTCL Managing Director claimed that the suspension lasted for around 45 minutes.

However, multiple sources and some passengers said that the Kazipara Station was closed around 2:50pm, meaning the services may have been suspended for more than an hour.

The DMTCL official said trains that were stuck between stations when the suspension started were taken to the next station, and passengers were given the option to stay inside the train or leave.

“There have been interruptions time and again for this interruption in power supply, and a committee has been formed to identify the root cause of the problem,” MAN Siddique said.

He also said the entrances to the Uttara North station was kept closed from time to time to cope with the huge pressure of people leaving the Ijtema ground on the last day of the first phase of Biswa Ijtema.

However, thousands of passengers suffered due to the sudden closure of metro rail services. The incident created a huge impact on the passengers’ daily routine.
The passengers get relieved after being stuck for so long as the metro rail started running again after 1 hour and 50 minutes at 4: 15 pm.

Apart from it, the metrorail experienced a huge gathering due to Bishwa Ijtema, which ended on Sunday through Akheri Munajat (final prayer) on the bank of Turag river in Tungi.

Many devotees tried to reach the capital riding metrorail to avoid sufferings from highways and traffic jam.