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Rail link between Khulna and other parts restores after 11 hours

| Updated: August 31, 2021 08:40:31


Rail link between Khulna and other parts restores after 11 hours

Rail links between Khulna and other parts of the country, which was disrupted following a derailment at Uthli in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga district, resumed after 11 hours on Monday afternoon.

The train services had remained suspended since 1am as five bogies of an oil-laden train, KN-17, from Khulna veered off the tracks in Jibannagar upazila, said Ali Ahmed, the stationmaster on duty at Uthli railway station.

No causality was reported from the incident, but four trains got stranded in Darshana, Ansarbaria and Sabdalpur Station following the incident.

A rescue train from Ishwardi reached the spot around 8 am to clear the tracks by removing the bogies.

The train services restored around noon after the tracks were cleared, said Mohammad Ali.

Meanwhile, Railway authorities formed a five-member probe body, led by Anwar Hossain, transport officer of Pakshi Division, to investigate the incident.

The other members of the committee are Birbal Mandal, Enginner-1 of Pakshi Division, Momtajul Islam, mechanical engineer, Ashish Kumar Mandal, loco and Rajib Billah, telecommunication engineer.

The committee has been asked to submit its report within a day, according to a UNB report.

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