Chittagong Bureau :
A packed shuttle train of Chittagong University recently. With the number of students exceeding the capacity of the three shuttle trains that run between Chittagong city and the university every day, this has been a regular sight, and it shows the risk the travellers take due to a transport crisis. The shuttle trains are the only transport CU provides for its students. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das Md Abbas.
Several thousand students of Chittagong University, who travel by the shuttle train between the university and Chittagong city every day, are facing an acute transport crisis, thanks to indifference of authorities.
The usual hour-long journey by shuttle trains that often carry passengers double or triple their capacity has turned into a nightmare, said students.
The situation has worsened with the number of the cars of the trains reducing.
CU is located in Hathazari upazila, 22km off the city. As a result, most of the 16,000 students, out of the total 24,000, who live outside the campus, have to solely depend on the shuttle trains. In addition, the resident students also need to take the train to the city.
A packed shuttle train of Chittagong University recently. With the number of students exceeding the capacity of the three shuttle trains that run between Chittagong city and the university every day, this has been a regular sight, and it shows the risk the travellers take due to a transport crisis. The shuttle trains are the only transport CU provides for its students. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das Md Abbas.
Several thousand students of Chittagong University, who travel by the shuttle train between the university and Chittagong city every day, are facing an acute transport crisis, thanks to indifference of authorities.
The usual hour-long journey by shuttle trains that often carry passengers double or triple their capacity has turned into a nightmare, said students.
The situation has worsened with the number of the cars of the trains reducing.
CU is located in Hathazari upazila, 22km off the city. As a result, most of the 16,000 students, out of the total 24,000, who live outside the campus, have to solely depend on the shuttle trains. In addition, the resident students also need to take the train to the city.
