DINAJPUR, Nov 22, 2024 (BSS)- Adviser to Railways Ministry Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has said the previous government has wasted crores of money in the name of railway development.

“Railway lines have been installed unnecessarily. But quality of services on essential routes didn’t improved,” he said during a visit to Parbatipur locomotive manufacturing factory here today.

“Railway network has been expanded everywhere without focusing on the quality of services and facilities of passengers,” he said.

Replying to a question, the adviser said that railway stations were constructed at various places including Gopalganj unnecessarily to make a person happy. 

Fouzul Kabir said, Karnaphuli tunnel was constructed at a cost of Tk. 10,000 crore with mostly no use. So future plan will focus on improving quality of services to passenger, he added.

Director General of Bangladesh Railway Sardar Shahadat Ali, Chief Executive of Central Locomotive Factory Saiful Islam and senior officials were present.