Dhaka-Ctg rail link restored after 10hrs
Rail communications between Chittagong and the rest of the country became normal early yesterday, around 10 hours after an inter-city train derailed on Dhaka-Chittagong route near Pahartoli Railway Station on Wednesday afternoon.
Four coaches of Mohanagar Godhuli, that left Chittagong Railway Station at 3:00pm on that day, derailed near Pahartoli about 20 minutes after departure, snapping the rail link, said railway sources.
About four to five people were injured during the derailment while hustling down from the train, said Ranjit Kumar Barua, officer-in-charge of Pahartali Police Station.
The train service resumed around 1:40am yesterday, said Firoz Iftekhar, divisional transportation officer (DTO) of railway.
However, around noon on Wednesday, a locomotive and two containers of a freight train derailed near Faujdarhat Railway Station in Sitakunda, railway sources added.
Following the derailment, train communications through the up-line remained stopped, but trains plied using the down-line of the Dhaka-Chittagong route, they added.
The railway authorities formed two probe committees to investigate the incidents and asked them to submit reports within three days, said Md Abdul Hai, general manager of railway (east zone).
One, headed by Mia Jahan, chief operating superintendent of railway (east zone), was formed in connection with the Pahartoli train accident while the other, headed by Chittagong DTO Firoz Iftekhar, to probe the freight derailment.
Actions would be taken if negligence is found, Abdul Hai said.
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