MA Salam, Dinajpur
Dinajpur railway station intercity train tickets are being sold on the black market. A ticket for the intercity Panchagarh Express train costs Tk 465. That ticket has now been sold for Tk 1,500 to Tk 2,000. Passengers have been forced to buy these tickets at exorbitant prices.
At present, the number of intercity train tickets available is down to 50 per cent. From Panchagarh to Dhaka there are 81 Shovon seats, 6 AC chairs and 8 Snigdha seats. From Thakurgaon to Dhaka 58 Shovon chairs, 4 ACs, 5 Snigdha. 90 Shovon chairs from Dinajpur to Dhaka, 6 AC chairs, 10 Snigdha chairs.
According to Dinajpur railway station sources, the government has decided to run trains on a limited scale to prevent coronavirus. In view of this, 1 intercity train was introduced for Panchagarh-Dhaka railway.
As soon as the train tickets were opened online, the black marketeers got the news. They buy tickets online through mobile apps every day.
Later, these tickets are being sold at inflated prices at various prices. Visiting the Dinajpur railway station at noon on Saturday, it was seen that hundreds of passengers were waiting for the train on the platform for the destination.
Most passengers do not have train tickets. Those who have tickets have bought at high prices.
In this regard, Dinajpur Railway Station Superintendent ABM Ziaur Rahman said, “Train tickets are sold online. So we have nothing to do now. If anyone comes to the platform and sells tickets, we will hand them over to law enforcement.”
