Miscreants have removed some nuts and bolts of 52km of rail line slipper from Habiganj area of the Dhaka-Sylhet rail line.
There are 84 bridges in this route which are risk-prone. Due to the absence of bolts and nuts, accidents may occur any time.
Rail line staff are saying that due to manpower crisis, they are struggling to finish repairs.
As per railway sources, some rail crossings do not have gates and the general people walk over the lines dangerously.
Nowadays, the nuts and bolts are being galvanised to the lines so they cannot be removed.
Railway worker Rafiq Mia, says: “We do not have enough people and have only eight people when we need 24. Yet, we do our best to fix the tracks, etc.”
The Shahjibazar rail crossing did not have any gate and this resulted in several accidents, he said, adding: “Despite repeated warnings, the authority did not take any action.”
A resident of Shaestaganj, Kasem Mia, said: “The Dhaka-Sylhet rail line slipper does not have nuts and bolts but no one is worried about it.”
Shaestaganj railway deputy director engineer Saiful Islam, added: “Miscreants have stolen nuts and bolts and to prevent such acts in the future, these are being galvanized to the slippers.”
'Our main problem is manpower shortage but we still trying to keep rail lines under constant monitoring', he added.