Metro rail to be ready for operation within a week

Authorities will be ready to resume metro rail operations within seven days, excluding the two stations that were vandalised during last month's violence related to the quota reform movement.

The interim government will decide when the trains will start running, MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), told the media on Sunday.

He said that full technical preparations to resume operations have begun, with trial runs expected to take place within two or three days.

"We will be ready to resume operations within a maximum of seven days," Siddique said.

Regarding the two vandalised stations — Kazipara and Mirpur-10 — Siddique noted that the committee formed to assess the damages and address technical issues has yet to submit its report.

"We are hoping the committee will submit the report soon, and we will proceed based on its findings," he added, indicating that operations will resume excluding those two stations for the time being.