Dhaka, June 27 (UNB)- Railways Minister Md. Zillul Hakim on Thursday claimed that no accident has occurred so far due to signal system error of Bangladesh Railway.
The Minister said this while replying to a tabled question of ruling party MP elected from Chattogram M Abdul Latif in Parliament. He said that various projects are underway to convert the entire railway into double line, establish railway connections in all districts of the country, modernise the signalling system of the railway and procure high quality engines and coaches.
He said that the implementation of Automatic Train Stop/Protection (ATS/ATP) technology is underway to automatically stop trains in any emergency to avoid accidents. In response to the question of ruling party MP elected from Natore Shafiqul Islam Shimul, the Railways Minister said that there are 1679.83 km of meter gauge and, 879.85 km of broad gauge and 533.70 dual gauge railway lines out of 393.38 km of railway lines in the country.He said that there is master plan for Bangladesh Railway which is planned to be implemented from 2016 to 2045.
