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Trains will operate within regular hours, with six extra coaches running at different times, says DMTCL managing director
Published : 31 Jan 2025, 07:18 PM
To facilitate travel for Biswa Ijtema attendees, metro rail authorities have decided to operate six additional coaches daily alongside the regular service.
The special trips have been in operation since Friday, the first day of the Ijtema, Abdur Rouf Talukder, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, or DMTCL, confirmed.
He said, “We are not extending metro rail service hours for Ijtema. However, six additional coaches will run at different times within the scheduled hours.
“These extra trips will help ease congestion for attendees travelling to and from the Ijtema ground.”
The first phase of the Ijtema began at dawn on Friday on the banks of the Turag River in Gazipu’s Tongi and will continue until Sunday. The second phase is set for Feb 3-5.
The dates for both phases were decided by the Shura-e-Nezam of the Tablighi Jamaat or the Maulana Zubair faction.
The supporters of Indian preacher Maulana Md Saad Kandhalvi are set to hold their Ijtema on Feb 14-16, but the Zubair group has been demanding that they not be granted permission.
Habibullah Raihan, media coordinator for the Zubair faction, earlier said attendees in the first phase would include participants from 41 districts, including parts of Dhaka.
The districts are Gazipur, Gaibandha, Natore, Moulvibazar, Rajshahi, Narail, Thakurgaon, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Bogura, Narayanganj, Barishal, Bhola, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Jashore, Magura, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Mymensingh, Chattogram, Netrokona, Sherpur, Faridpur, Habiganj, Sunamganj, Feni, Lakshmipur, Chandpur, Brahmanbaria, Khulna, Patuakhali, Cumilla, Jhenaidah, Chapainawabganj, Pirojpur, Kurigram, Panchagarh and Rajbari.
The second phase will see participants from 22 districts, including parts of Dhaka.
The areas are – Jatrabari, Keraniganj, Mohammadpur, Munshiganj, Jamalpur, Manikganj, Joypurhat, Sylhet, Sirajganj, Meherpur, Tangail, Pabna, Narsingdi, Savar, Kishoreganj, Cox's Bazar, Noakhali, Gopalganj, Jhalokati, Barguna, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Khagrachhari, Rangamati, Naogaon, and Bandarban.
