Bangladesh Railway moving moderate on advance track

 Bangladesh Railway (BR) couldn't gain the sought level of ground in spite of a 60 for each penny yearly speculation increment amid the most recent seven years, specialists said.

As indicated by authority record, 70 for each penny of some Tk 250-billion allotment amid the most recent 20 years came in the most recent seven years from the monetary year (FY) 2009-2010.

In a few years, the speculation was expanded more than 100 for each penny contrasted with earlier years.

In addition, outside interest in the railroad segment likewise expanded 3.74 circumstances amid the most recent seven years from aggregate speculation made somewhere around 1995 and 2008.

Sources said against the speculation, the state-claimed prepare administrator - Bangladesh Railway - could keep up an expanded level of profit yet couldn't yet meet yearly focus of income to slice misfortunes to the tune of billions of taka.

In spite of the fact that BR asserted that both traveler and cargo limit has expanded since 2009, experts said it couldn't make age-old meter-gage (MG) rail track into wide gage (BG) according to world guidelines.

Railroad authorities said BR speculation achieved Tk 174.51 billion from FY 2009-10 up to October of FY 2016-17, bringing about increment of new rail tracks, new prepare administrations and trains close by the overhauling of flagging framework on various courses.

In any case, when world's rail framework is getting changed into wide gage and electric trains to raise its traveler and products conveying limit at high speeds, most piece of BR's venture was utilized for keeping its deep rooted meter-gage (MG) prepare administrations agent.

The venture done to include a different line of BG with MG couldn't see fruition.

Foundation of double gage prepare administrations for both sorts of trains on Dhaka-Chittagong hall has been finished up to Joydevpur. Some portion of western zone including Dinajpur-Panchagarh, Parbatipur-Kanchan-Panchagarh and Kanchan-Birol segment was likewise finished.

Be that as it may, twofold line of Dhaka-Chittagong passageway has still a missing connection from Laksam to Akhaura.

"At present the railroad's principle issue is labor instead of its track and prepare administrations," said an authority, inclining toward not to be named.

He said the BR does not face such issue in taking care of moving stocks and line limit yet confronts issue in working stations and prepares proficiently for an absence of labor.

The official record demonstrates that the BR has possessed the capacity to include 235 kilometers of new rail lines of meter-gage quality and 248.5km double gage lines to its around 3000km system amid the most recent seven years.

Sixty seven new stations were assembled, 160 stations created and redesigned while 46 trains including 20 MGs and 26 BGs and 20 more DEMU were bought amid the period. With the buy of new ones the quantity of carriages expanded to 119.

Approximately 516 wagons were likewise purchased. In addition, redesign of 288 carriages and 277 wagons was likewise finished with the venture. Against every one of the buys, the BR could present 104 new prepares.

BR's enlistment plan to contract more than 9,000 staff individuals taken toward the start of 2010 is in limbo for different reasons.

Sources said the procedure is hung-up either because of court-related intricacies or because of claimed defilement in enrollment prepare.

For absence of labor, 55 stations stay out of commission in the eastern zone of the BR.

Regardless of a request from the Director-General office of the BR, activity time of the prime traveler prepare benefits on Dhaka-Chittagong passageway couldn't be diminished to four hours from the present five hours. Be that as it may, on occasion, the voyage ends up being additional tedious.

Moreover, sources said, because of the buy of various sorts of trains and mentors from various nations, the BR is presented to more than expected consumption to keep up its operations.

The trains bought from various sources are probably going to build the cost of redesiging in next six years and substitution cost after the end of life in 20 years.