Staff Reporter:
Railways Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan yesterday said the strike by the railway employ-ees is illogical, but the government’s door is open for talks.
“If necessary, we will sit with them again and their demands will also be discussed with the fi-nance division,” he told media during his visit at Kamalapur railway station yesterday.
Mentioning that the program of Bangladesh Railway’s on-duty staffs holding the passengers as hostage is regrettable, the Railways Advisor said that the common people are suffering a lot due to this strike.
He added, “We’ve already disseminate the information through media to reduce the suffering of passengers. Even then, if any passenger comes to the station, we have arrangement of BRTC buses considering their convenience so they can go to the routes that the railway has.”
Fouzul Kabir said, “The demand of the staff for mileage allowance has been pending for a long time. We’ve already fulfilled many of their demands, and are ready to discuss the remaining de-mands.”
He continued, “Railways aren’t anyone’s private property, and here is opportunity for discussion.”
The common passengers are facing difficulties more for the work abstention of the railway staff, he said, adding, “We want to resolve it quickly because Ijtema is ahead.”
BRTC Chairman Tajul Islam, Railways Secretary Md. Fahimul Islam, Railway Dhaka Divisional Manager Mohammad Mohiuddin Arif and other senior railway officials were present at the time.
