Manpower shortage throws railway services into disarray
An acute manpower shortage has thrown the railway services into disarray, said Railways Minister Mujibul Haque in parliament yesterday.
Over one-third of positions in the railways are lying vacant; as a result, one-third of rail stations are fully and partially closed at present, the minister said replying to lawmakers' queries.
He, however, assured that the initiative for recruiting manpower is going on so that the operations of the closed stations can be resumed.
In the past few years, the government had recruited 267 assistant station masters, the minister said, adding that 139 new assistant station masters had been posted to different stations.
Mujibul said 13,611 out of 40,264 positions of railways are now vacant.
GOVT TO RESTORE ALL CLOSED RAILWAY ROUTES WITH INDIA
Replying to a supplementary question from treasury bench member Kamal Ahmed Majumder, the minister said, “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already instructed the railways ministry to reopen the closed railway routes with India.”
The railways minister said a joint committee of Bangladesh and India is working in this regard.
The government will reopen the railway services on Feni-Belunia, Khulna-Kolkata, Dhaka-Gede, and Dhaka-Agartola routes alongside the existing Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree Train service.
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