Train movement from Chattogram and Sylhet (up line) to Dhaka remained suspended since Saturday morning as the rail tracks got bent due to severe heat in Brahmanbaria.
Md Rafiqul Islam, a station master of Brahmanbaria Railway Station, said the train tracks got bent at Dariyarpur on the outskirts of the town around 11am after Dhaka-bound Upakul Express from Nokhali crossed the area around 10 am, snapping rail communication.
He, however, said the train movement from Dhaka to Chattogram and Sylhet (down line) remained normal.
“Rail tracks may bend due to the scorching heat and we asked to operate trains with the speed of 30 kilometers per hour following directives from the higher authorities,” he said. Earlier on Thursday afternoon, seven bogies of a container train veered off the tracks in the Dariyarpur area while heading towards the capital from Chattogram due to severe heat around 12:50pm.
The rail tracks became normal for movement around 16 hours after it was fixed.
