Run-down railway tracks

Published: 03 Jan 2021 15:01 BdST Updated: 03 Jan 2021 15:01 BdST

Important parts such as rail clips, pins, nuts and bolts are missing at many places on the railway tracks from Kamalapur to Airport station while the point boxes and plates are in a dilapidated state, putting at risk more than 100 trains that travel through Dhaka daily. Photos show the condition of the run-down railway tracks from Karwan Bazar to Tejgaon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
  • Plates of railway tracks are detached from the slippers as the plate pins are missing at many points in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Plates of railway tracks are detached from the slippers as the plate pins are missing at many points in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Many railway slippers in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar do not have clips. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Many railway slippers in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar do not have clips. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A lack of maintenance has caused screws joining the plates with slippers to come off the railway tracks used by more than 100 trains through Dhaka daily. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A lack of maintenance has caused screws joining the plates with slippers to come off the railway tracks used by more than 100 trains through Dhaka daily. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Trains run on the dilapidated tracks in Dhaka with loose nuts and bolts. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Trains run on the dilapidated tracks in Dhaka with loose nuts and bolts. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Many of the old slippers on the railway tracks from Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar to Tejgaon are worn down. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Many of the old slippers on the railway tracks from Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar to Tejgaon are worn down. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A run-down point box next to the railway tracks in Dhaka’s Tejgaon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A run-down point box next to the railway tracks in Dhaka’s Tejgaon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A plate has been detached from the slipper as the screw is missing from the railway tracks in Dhaka’s Tejgaon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A plate has been detached from the slipper as the screw is missing from the railway tracks in Dhaka’s Tejgaon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Plates are detached from the worn-down slippers of the railway tracks at many places in Dhaka’s Tejgaon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Plates are detached from the worn-down slippers of the railway tracks at many places in Dhaka’s Tejgaon. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Trains run through Dhaka with the railway tracks from Kamalapur to Airport station in a sorry state. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Trains run through Dhaka with the railway tracks from Kamalapur to Airport station in a sorry state. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

 

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