The rail communication of Dhaka with Sylhet, Chattogram, and Noakhali districts suspended on Friday evening as an uprooted tree fell on the railway track caused by strong wind amid the rampage of Cyclone Mridhili in Brahmanbaria.
The incident happened at around 7pm in Kaliseema area under Sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria district.
Heavy winds triggered by Cyclone Mridhili, uprooted the tree on the railway track resulting the disruption of Dhaka`s rail links with southern-southeastern districts of the country, said Assistant Master of Brahmanbaria Railway Station Shakir Jahan.
"After the tree blocked on the line, Chattogram-bound inter-city Suborno Express from Dhaka has been stopped at Talshahr in Brahmanbaria and Noakhali-bound Coastal Express from Dhaka got stuck at Bhairab railway station in Kishoreganj," he said.
Being informed, railway workers have been sent to the spot to remove the tree, he said adding that it may take an hour for train movement to be normal after trees are removed.
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