Desk Report
Publish: 03 Oct 2021, 09:41 pm
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A total of 110 incidents of stoning moving trains have been reported till September this year, said Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on Sunday.
"Twenty-nine people suffered injuries while 103 windowpanes of different train bogies were damaged due to throwing stones at trains," he told a press briefing at Rail Bhaban in Dhaka.
"We want relief from this problem and are working in a coordinated way to prevent it. Already the government has identified the spots where stoning incidents occur frequently," said the minister.
The spots are - Pahartoli, Sitakunda-Barabkunda in Chittagong district, Fazilpur-Kalidah in Feni district, Narsingdi, Jinardi and Ghorashal in Narsingdi district under the railway east zone.
A total of 110 incidents of stoning moving
trains have been reported till September this year, said Railways Minister Md
Nurul Islam Sujan on Sunday.
"Twenty-nine people suffered injuries
while 103 windowpanes of different train bogies were damaged due to throwing
stones at trains," he told a press briefing at Rail Bhaban in Dhaka.
"We want relief from this problem and are
working in a coordinated way to prevent it. Already the government has
identified the spots where stoning incidents occur frequently," said the
minister.
The spots are - Pahartoli,
Sitakunda-Barabkunda in Chittagong district, Fazilpur-Kalidah in Feni district,
Narsingdi, Jinardi and Ghorashal in Narsingdi district under the railway east
zone.
Under the west zone, the spots are - Chuadanga
outer in Chuadanga district, Abdulpur Railway Station in Natore district,
Shaheed S Mansur Ali Railway Station, Bangabandhu Bridge West Railway Station
in Sirajganj district, Muladuli Railway Station in Pabna district, Kismat-Ruhia
of Thakurgaon and Panchagarh district, Changura Railway Station in Pabna
district, Bhelurpur Railway Station in Bogra district, Bamandanga Railway
Station in Gaibandha district, Akkelpur Railway Station in Joypurhat district,
Ullapara Railway Station and Salp Railway Station, Jamtoil Railway Station in
Sirajganj district, Baral Bridge in Pabna district, and Phultala Railway
Station in Khulna district.
Incidents of stoning moving trains have
increased in recent times that left many people, including railway staff,
guards and passengers injured.
Even some people lost their eyes while some
died, said the minister.
Already the government has taken some steps to
prevent such incidents and it will take legal action against those involved in
the incidents, he added. (UNB)
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