Tomorrow will be the last test before the much-anticipated Mirpur-10 metro train station, which was severely destroyed by miscreants during the students’ and people’s revolt, reopens.
“We will conduct final test for reopening Mirpur -10 metro station at 6am tomorrow after repairing and replacement of partially and fully damaged equipment,” Mohammad Abdur Rouf, Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) told BSS here today.
He said the Mirpur-10 station was repaired quickly considering the demand of the commuters. We’ve to relocate some equipment from other non-busy stations to Mirpur-10 station to make it fit for operation as it witnesses a huge rush of passengers.
“We have completed repair and replacement work of the station with our own logistic support and budgetary allocation. We didn’t seek money from the government,” said Abdur Rouf.
Earlier, the cost for repairing the two stations – Kazipara and Mirpur-10- were estimated at Tk 300 crore, but later, a committee was formed to further scrutinize the repair cost.
“We have successfully reduced the repair cost for Kazipara station and completed the repair work at Taka 20.26 crore only. The repair and replacement cost for Mirpur-10 station will be higher than Kazipara station, as it witnessed a massive damage,” the managing director added.
As per the metro rail information, on July 19, miscreants trashed Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations as part of the ‘Complete Shutdown’ campaign that was enforced by the anti-discrimination student movement.
The authorities were obliged to close the two stations for 37 days as a result of their vandalism of everything, including the ticket vending machine and the passenger admission punch machine at the main station.
On August 25, the metro rail resumed service, however the two stations stayed closed. On September 20, Kazipara station started operating again.
