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xt-decoration:none">disturbing link</span></span></span></span></span></spa=
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yle=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style=3D"color:#000000"><span st=
yle=3D"font-weight:400"><span style=3D"font-style:normal"><span style=3D"te=
xt-decoration:none"> between a common drink and skyrocketing rates of Alzhe=
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<p>Fardu Khan, a regular passenger of Dhaka Metro Rail, was continuously ne=
gotiating with ridesharing motorcyclists around 8am to travel to his office=
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<p>The riders at Pallabi in Mirpur were asking for Tk 250, while Khan offer=
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<p>It takes Tk 50 to reach Karwan Bazar from Pallabi.</p>=0D
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<p>Private job holder Khan&rsquo;s office starts at 9:15am, so he used to l=
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<p>I used to reach by 9:05 or 9:10am. Now I am unable to reach by that time=
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g transport has become more difficult due to the rush of passengers. It fee=
ls unbearable amid the heat.</p>=0D
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<p>Khan is worried not only about the time but also about the cost.</p>=0D
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<p>Now it is taking Tk 600-700 a day but the riders generally take Tk 150 p=
er ride. Since there is no metro, they are also demanding higher fares now.=
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<p>The number of buses began to drop on the route due to a passenger crisis=
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<p>Khan said the commute causes more suffering as there are fewer buses for=
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<p>People would have benefited if the government had opened the metro rail =
sooner; this is much needed.</p>=0D
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<p>On Jul 18, the police box under the footbridge at Mirpur-10 roundabout b=
eneath the metro rail line and near the station was set on fire during the =
complete shutdown programme by the students demanding reforms to government=
 job quotas. A video of a train running through the fire has become viral. =
Later the services came to a halt.</p>=0D
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<p>A group of people attacked and heavily vandalised the metro rail&rsquo;s=
 Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations in the evening of the following day. The s=
aboteurs attacked everything, including the ticket vending machines and a p=
unch machine at the entry of the main station. Pallabi and Mirpur-11 statio=
ns were also attacked on that day.</p>=0D
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<p>MAN Siddique, the managing director of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Li=
mited told the media that the renovation of the much-affected Kazipara and =
Mirpur-10 stations may take a year.</p>=0D
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<p>Many damaged equipment are not in repairable condition and they have to =
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<p>As the train services are closed now, more than 250,000 passengers have =
to face the misery of notorious Dhaka traffic they had faced before the lau=
nch of the metro rail.</p>=0D
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<p>The commuters were rushing for buses, some were negotiating the fares wi=
th motorcyclists or travelling on autorickshaw from 8am-10am in the area st=
retching from metro rail&rsquo;s Pallabi to Shewrapara stations on Sunday.<=
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<p>Awaiting commuters were worried about being able to reach the office on =
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<p>The passengers said they had long become accustomed to a comfortable jou=
rney after the opening of the metro rail. They do not want the old misery t=
o return: it costs both money and time.</p>=0D
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<p>Tanjila Yasmin, a private bank official, commutes regularly from Shewrap=
ara to Nabisco.</p>=0D
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<p>She used to travel to Farmgate from Shewrapara station by metro rail and=
 take a rickshaw to reach her office. She is travelling by autorickshaws si=
nce the metro rail is closed.</p>=0D
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<p>Tanjila said she had to leave the house keeping at least one and a half =
or two hours in hand after the closure of the train service. The cost has a=
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<p>She is also anxious due to the attack on the metro rail. She said, Maybe=
 my station will be operational in a few days, but this incident has instil=
led such fear that there could also be vandalism in the metro rail, which w=
as not the case earlier.</p>=0D
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<p>She demanded the attackers be brought to justice quickly.</p>=0D
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