Considering passengers’ sufferings, the authorities of the metro rail resumed its services on the Motijheel-Shahbagh section at 7:15pm on Sunday, following a suspension of about seven hours.
The officials of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL) said that they had resumed partial services of the metro rail on the Motijheel–Shahbagh section from 7:15pm.
The authorities confirmed that services on the Uttara-Agargaon section were restored hours after the accident.
An officer of the metro authorities said experts were working to reinstall the bearing pad of the metro rail at the Farmgate area.
According to metro rail authorities, the incident took place around 12:15pm when a bearing pad used to prevent vibration during train movement came loose and fell on a pedestrian at Farmgate station, killing the pedestrian on the spot.
