File photo of Railways Minister Advocate Md Nurul Islam SujonThe minister’s original plans were to travel by rail, but the prevailing conditions forced the changeThe railways minister had to resort to travel by road to inspect lamentable state of rail services in parts of Kurigram on Friday. The minister’s original plans were to travel by rail, but the prevailing conditions forced the change. Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujon was set to visit a stretch of the rail tracks along the Kurigram-Teesta route after a bridge near Tagraihat rail station partially sank into the soil after a flood in 2017. According to sources at the Kurigram rail station, only one train operates in the district under two separate names. Due to the shortage of trains and the poor state of tracks, commuting has become a tedious endeavour for locals.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 22, 2019 12:22 UTC