UNB, Dhaka :
Out of their serious fear of traffic nightmare on highways, hundreds of people thronged Kamalapur Railway Station and endured immense sufferings for hours together on Tuesday to collect advance train tickets for going to their village homes on the occasion of Eid-ul Fitr.
Though the authorities were scheduled to start selling tickets at 8 am, several thousand people started queuing up in front of 26 counters of the railway station since Monday night and passed sleepless night to get tickets scheduled for June 14, the last working day before the eid vacation. Alongside men, huge female ticket seekers were also seen before the two counters reserved for them at the station. The crowd of people before the ticket counters for Chattogram region was relatively longer than that of others as the ticket seekers think passengers will have to pass terrible time to cross three bridges on Dhaka-Chattogram highway during their journey before the eid with the sharp rise in traffic flow. The station authorities said the presence of people for the advance ticket for June 14 is unusual and it seems four-five time
higher than the number of ticket they have in their hands to sell. Kamal Hossain is one of them who heaved a sigh of relief collecting four tickets for his family members after waiting for nearly 11 hours at the railway station. “I came to the station at 1am (Monday night) and got the ticket just now 12 (noon). I suffered a lot amid warm weather and tussle of people. But my wife and my two kids will be able to go to our native home in Chattogram comfortably avoiding torturous time on the highway.
Out of their serious fear of traffic nightmare on highways, hundreds of people thronged Kamalapur Railway Station and endured immense sufferings for hours together on Tuesday to collect advance train tickets for going to their village homes on the occasion of Eid-ul Fitr.
Though the authorities were scheduled to start selling tickets at 8 am, several thousand people started queuing up in front of 26 counters of the railway station since Monday night and passed sleepless night to get tickets scheduled for June 14, the last working day before the eid vacation. Alongside men, huge female ticket seekers were also seen before the two counters reserved for them at the station. The crowd of people before the ticket counters for Chattogram region was relatively longer than that of others as the ticket seekers think passengers will have to pass terrible time to cross three bridges on Dhaka-Chattogram highway during their journey before the eid with the sharp rise in traffic flow. The station authorities said the presence of people for the advance ticket for June 14 is unusual and it seems four-five time
higher than the number of ticket they have in their hands to sell. Kamal Hossain is one of them who heaved a sigh of relief collecting four tickets for his family members after waiting for nearly 11 hours at the railway station. “I came to the station at 1am (Monday night) and got the ticket just now 12 (noon). I suffered a lot amid warm weather and tussle of people. But my wife and my two kids will be able to go to our native home in Chattogram comfortably avoiding torturous time on the highway.
