Students protested on the train line in Dhaka, train movement commenced after the catastrophe.

Students protested on the train line in Dhaka, train movement commenced after the catastrophe

No train left Dhaka for extra than three hours as college students protested at the educate line on the airport railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for no longer getting enhance tickets.

Divisional shipping Officer of Railways Khairul Kabir stated that no educate left Dhaka from 9 am to twelve:30 pm. the scholars who took part in the protest went there to buy tickets earlier on Sunday to take the admission test at Rajshahi university. the scholars complained that tickets had been not available on-line due to black market and additionally tickets have been not being offered at railway stations. Railway Station Officer-in-rate Mazharul Haque, however, told BBC Bangla around 1:00 a.m. that the situation has now been introduced underneath control and the train motion has resumed completely.

train ticket disaster is sort of a regular occurrence in Bangladesh and plenty of blame it on price ticket black market or corruption.

these days, Mohiuddin Roni, who got here to the discussion on the six-factor demand to exchange the mismanagement of the railways, says that some records regarding ticket black marketplace has already been observed ahead of the Rajshahi college admission take a look at. "Railway authorities need to take unique measures now for the students," he advised BBC Bangla. This pupil has been retaining a sit down-in program when you consider that July 7 at Kamalapur railway station to demand six factors regarding the mismanagement of Bangladesh Railways. Asim Kumar Talukder, Western trendy supervisor of Bangladesh Railway said that they may be going to take some unique plans to take the students to Rajshahi on Sunday.

What befell on the airport station:

On Wednesday morning, the tickets for Sunday's train to Rajshahi had been offered out in just twenty mins. however within the intervening time, college students started flocking there for advance tickets. At one point, the students became irritated while the sale of tickets was stopped on the counter. They stopped the Nilphamarimukhi Nilsagar specific teach at Airport Railway Station at eight:55 am. At that point, other passengers joined the scholars and began protesting with the slogan 'towards price tag black marketplace and corruption'. As a end result, all train offerings from Dhaka had been stopped. there has been also an incident of vandalizing the price tag counter. Later, whilst the railway police and officers attempted to reassure them, they agreed to leave the teach line by way of 12:30 pm. Railway Station Officer-in-fee Mazharul Haque advised BBC Bangla that the Nilsagar explicit commenced its adventure in the direction of Nilphamari after the scholars left the train line. He says they lifted the blockade from the road after the railway officers got here and assured the students to visit Rajshahi for the exam. Asim Kumar Talukder, Western standard supervisor of Railways tells BBC Bangla that even though the Rajshahi Silk city teach has stopped walking on Sunday, considering the scenario, they have got deliberate to run it as a special train on Sunday. "eight and fifty college students are anticipated to visit Rajshahi on this teach. but we should remember the fact that a couple of and a 1/2 lakh college students will visit take the doorway examination. So it will now not be feasible to solve it handiest via rail," stated Mr. Talukdar.

Why officials blame Rajshahi college:

Railway officers in Dhaka say that the 'unrealistic' decision of the Rajshahi college government has created the sort of crisis for college students to visit Rajshahi. approximately 1 lakh 69 thousand college students are scheduled to go to Rajshahi for the doorway exam on July 24-27. Railway officers say there may be no scope to hold such a lot of college students even by means of bus, educate and air. "This disaster would possibly now not have arisen if the Rajshahi university government finished the admission check simultaneously in some special towns inclusive of Dhaka," said Asim Kumar Talukder, massive supervisor, Western region, Railways.