The services of metro rail remained suspended for about half an hour on Sunday as electricity supply was suspended, said officials of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited.
The passengers suffered due to the disruptions in the services on the 20.1-kilometre-long Uttara鈥揗otijheel route.
On Sunday, in a Facebook post posted on the company鈥檚 verified page, it said, 鈥楾he movement of metro rail is closed temporarily as the electricity supply was suspended from 2:27pm.鈥�
About half an hour later the page published another post saying that the movement of metro rail had started as the electricity supply returned to normal.
The company general manager for operation Mohammad Iftikhar Hossain told 抖阴精品 that the services were closed for 23 minutes.
鈥榃e take electricity from the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited,鈥� he said, adding, 鈥楢s they could not supply us with the electricity our services were disrupted,鈥� he added.
Passengers were seen stranded at different stations while the services were closed.
Services of metro rail are being disrupting frequently this year.
On May 27, the metro rail service was disrupted throughout the day due to technical glitches caused by the cyclone Remal.
On May 25, just two days ago, the services of metro rail remained suspended for about one hour and a half as the metro rail鈥檚 signalling system did not work properly due to problems with the electricity connection.
The DMTCL later posted an apology in this regard on its Facebook page.聽聽
On March 31, the services of metro rail remained suspended for about two hours due to a thunderstorm and falling plastic litter on the overhead catenary.
On March 19, metro rail services were suspended for about half an hour as some passengers allegedly blocked the doors of some compartments.
The services were suspended for about an hour on February 17 as an automatic door of a metro train was not opening at the Pallabi station.
On February 14, a stray kite falling on the power cable kept the metro rail services on hold for about an hour.
On February 4, the services of metro rail suspended for about an hour due to some technical glitches.
In 2023, the services of metro rail remained suspended three times on August 7, 9 and 21 mainly due to technical glitches and operational reasons.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina launched the Mass Rapid Transit Line-6 project, popularly known as the metro rail, on the 11.73-kilometre-long Uttara鈥揂gargaon section on December 28, 2022.
On November 4, 2023, the prime minister inaugurated the service from Agargaon to Motijheel.
The entire MRT Line-6 project on the 21.26-kilometre-long Uttara-Kamalapur route is scheduled to be inaugurated in December 2025.
