Dhaka’s rail link with north and south disrupted for 4hrs
Rail communication of Dhaka with northern and southern districts of the country remained suspended for four hours after rains washed away soil under the railway tracks in Chatmohor upazila in Pabna.
Following heavy rains in the last two days, a half kilometer stretch of railway line near Gowakhara station in the upazila caved in, reports our Pabna correspondent quoting Ashim Kumar Talukder, a divisional manager of Bangladesh Railway.
The railway authorities suspended the train service through the route around 6:00am and resumed after repair works around 10:00am, the divisional railway manager said.
After restoration, Rangpur Express was the first to leave the station, Ashim added.
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