Rail link with several dists snapped as tracks cave in
Rail communication between Dhaka and several northern and southern districts remained suspended for four hours as a portion of the rail tracks caved in yesterday in Chatmohar upazila due to the recent torrential downpour.
Railway sources said heavy rainfall caused the sudden damage as the earth underneath the rail tracks was washed away.
Railway's Pakshey Divisional Manager Ashim Kumar Talukder said following the heavy downpour in the last two days about half a kilometre rail tracks near Gowakhara Station in the upazila caved in yesterday morning.
“A villager first spotted the damaged tracks and hoisted a red cloth when a Dhaka-bound intercity train was crossing Chandmara point around 6:00am and the locomotive master stopped the train and informed the railway authorities of the matter,” Ashim said.
On information, railway workers went to the spot, fixed the damaged rail tracks and restored communication around 10:15am, he added.
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