Tackling train ticket crisis :
Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the main religious festivals of the Muslims is knocking at the door. There will be excessive demand for train tickets this season as a large number of Dhaka’s population will leave the capital to be with their near and dear ones. We have known that train tickets will be on sale from July 9, 2015. In the past, homebound people had to stay overnight at the Kamalapur railway station for collecting tickets. Hundreds of people had to leave the station empty-handed. Several thousand people suffer every year due to the mismanagement in the ticket selling system. The government should instruct the railway authorities to abide by the rules in order to prevent passengers’ harassment. It should also take necessary steps to ensure that home-goers get their tickets at a fair price. Online sale of train tickets can also help reduce passenger harassment. So, we hope people won’t have to face any problem in getting tickets this time and will be able to celebrate this Eid without much suffering.
Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the main religious festivals of the Muslims is knocking at the door. There will be excessive demand for train tickets this season as a large number of Dhaka’s population will leave the capital to be with their near and dear ones. We have known that train tickets will be on sale from July 9, 2015. In the past, homebound people had to stay overnight at the Kamalapur railway station for collecting tickets. Hundreds of people had to leave the station empty-handed. Several thousand people suffer every year due to the mismanagement in the ticket selling system. The government should instruct the railway authorities to abide by the rules in order to prevent passengers’ harassment. It should also take necessary steps to ensure that home-goers get their tickets at a fair price. Online sale of train tickets can also help reduce passenger harassment. So, we hope people won’t have to face any problem in getting tickets this time and will be able to celebrate this Eid without much suffering.
Nujhat Tabassum Anna
East West University, Dhaka
