Interim Government’s Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan has said that Dhaka Metro Rail services will resume withina maximum of a week.
“There were two obstacles to resuming service. One problem was that there were no board members. We have resolved that today. There will be a meeting of that board tomorrow
. It will take two to four days to check the lines after the meeting. Our managing director has given us time to try to launch it in the next seven days. We will go there, and we will invite you there too,” he said.The adviset was talking to officials at the ministry in Dhaka on Sunday.
Fauzul, also an energy expert, emphasized that there would be a renewed focus on development projects, ensuring that progress is not limited to Dhaka alone but also extends to neglected areas.
On August 11, the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) said that the operations of the metro rail will resume on August 17.
However, the operation of two stations -- Kazipara and Mirpur-10 -- that were vandalised on July 19, will remain suspended until repaired, the DMTCL said then.
Amid the nationwide quota movement, the DMTCL halted the metro rail service on July 18 evening after a police box under the footbridge at Mirpur-10 roundabout and beneath the metro rail line was set on fire. Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations were vandalised the following day.
