Passengers continued to suffer as disruption to train services across the country continued for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday as the running staff members of the Bangladesh Railway continued their movement for restoration of their previous benefits for working extra hours.
On the day, journeys of some local and freight trains remained cancelled to run the intercity passenger trains on the priority basis.
Most of the trains ran behind their schedules by one hour to one hour and a half amid huge sufferings of the passengers.
Since December 1, the railway staff under the banner of the Bangladesh Railway Running Staff and Sramik Karmachari Samity, stopped doing additional duty except scheduled eight hours and stopped doing duty at rest.
The union working president, Saidur Rahman, told 抖阴精品 on Wednesday that officials of the railway authorities were scheduled to meet them on the day.
鈥楾he meeting was not held as we continued our protest,鈥� he said, adding that they will continue their movement until their demand is met.
According to the railway鈥檚 central control office, services of six local trains on the Mymensingh-Mohonganj, Mymensingh- Jharia Jhanjail and Mymensingh-Dewanganj, two trains on the Chattogram-Nazirhat routes and some four to five freight trains remained cancelled.
Trains including Joyantika Express on the Dhaka-Sylhet, Rangpur Express on the Dhaka-Rangpur routes and Upakul Express on the Dhaka-Noakhali route were running by one hour and a half to one hour behind their schedules.
According to the running staff members, before 2022 since the independence of the country under the Railways Act they got the mileage facility which meant that for every 100 kilometres of train run they received an additional amount of money equivalent to one day鈥檚 basic salary.
Following this, if a working day is defined by an eight-hour shift, the running staff members work the equivalent of maximum three months of working days in a single month.
In 2022, the Finance Division cancelled these facilities for the newly appointed running staff members and the staff members had continued movement since then.
