People from all walks of life on Wednesday formed a human chain at Naldanga upazila in Natore demanding resumption of the operation of Uttara Express Train to ease sufferings of people.
They also threatened to block railway tracks, suspending the rail communications between the northern districts and other parts of the country if the operation of the train was not resumed by January 1, 2025.
About one hundred of them under the banner of Naldanga Development Forum formed the human chain at Naldanga Railway Station at 10:00am to press home their demand.
The speakers said that the previous government suspended the operation of Uttara Express Train for fear of sabotage on December 22 in 2023, causing immense sufferings to the low-income people travelling on the Parbatipur-Rajshahi route.
鈥榃e earlier could travel to Natore from Naldanga by Uttara Express Train at a cost Tk 30. Now, we have to spend Tk 120 to travel to Natore by CNG-run three-wheelers鈥�, said Samser Ali, imam of Naldanga station mosque.
The speakers urged the government to resume the operation of the train by January 1, saying that they will go for a tougher movement if their demand is not met.
Among others, Naldanga upazila former vice-chairman and Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation Natore district unit president professor Ziaul Haque, and Naldanga Bazar Malik Traders鈥橝ssociation president Nasir Uddin Haque, spoke at the human chain.
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