Chattogram Bureau :
Bangladesh Railway, East Zone authority launched repair and renovation works on railway track to avoid unwanted incidents.
In the meantime, distempered slippers and fittings of 52 railway bridges were changed and newly replaced 65,000 clips (ERC) on Sylhet-Kulaura-Akaura route .
In 178 kilometers long Sylhet-Akaura route, there are 250 bridges of small & big sizes and these bridges were built 60 to 70 years ago. In these route, 6 pairs of intercity trains and 8 DEMO trains are plying everyday. In these route, the maximum wooden slippers became distempered and lack of bridges and culverts repairing, the most of slippers became damaged and clips lying tottering led to risk bound every moment..Out of 52 bridges, the slippers and fittings of 17 repaired or replaced . Beside the maintenance of 125.50 kilometers line done by mechanized way and the remaining 11.10kilometers done by shallow screening.
Besides, new 65,000 clips were fitted in the slippers .
To avoid the stealing, welding of clips, p-way fittings changed and one lakh Cft Blast speeding done.
Chief Engineer of East Zone Railway Md Sabuktagin told this correspondent that now Sylhet-Akhaura route is risk free track and kept free from stealing due to welding of clips.
Bangladesh Railway, East Zone authority launched repair and renovation works on railway track to avoid unwanted incidents.
In the meantime, distempered slippers and fittings of 52 railway bridges were changed and newly replaced 65,000 clips (ERC) on Sylhet-Kulaura-Akaura route .
In 178 kilometers long Sylhet-Akaura route, there are 250 bridges of small & big sizes and these bridges were built 60 to 70 years ago. In these route, 6 pairs of intercity trains and 8 DEMO trains are plying everyday. In these route, the maximum wooden slippers became distempered and lack of bridges and culverts repairing, the most of slippers became damaged and clips lying tottering led to risk bound every moment..Out of 52 bridges, the slippers and fittings of 17 repaired or replaced . Beside the maintenance of 125.50 kilometers line done by mechanized way and the remaining 11.10kilometers done by shallow screening.
Besides, new 65,000 clips were fitted in the slippers .
To avoid the stealing, welding of clips, p-way fittings changed and one lakh Cft Blast speeding done.
Chief Engineer of East Zone Railway Md Sabuktagin told this correspondent that now Sylhet-Akhaura route is risk free track and kept free from stealing due to welding of clips.
