Pedestrian killed as metro rail bearing pad falls

 
A pedestrian was killed on Sunday after being hit by a bearing pad that fell from the Dhaka Metro Rail line at Farmgate. Two people were injured in the accident.

The accident took place around 12:30pm, prompting authorities to suspend metro operations for several hours. Managing director of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) Faruque Ahmed said "A bearing from the joint between the metro line's viaduct and pillar came loose and fell.''

The victim was identified as Abul Kalam, a native of Shariatpur. The government has formed a five-member investigation committee to unearth the cause of the bearing pad fall. 

Bridges Division Secretary Md. Abdur Rouf will lead the committee while Deputy Secretary Asfia Sultana will perform as the member secretary. 

The other members of the committee are BUET Mechanical Department Professor DR. ABM Toufiq Hasan, MIST CivilEngineering Department Associate Professor Lieutenant Colonel Zahidul Islam, DMTCL Line-5 PD Brigadier General Mohammad Abdul Wahab (Retd). 

The investigation committee will have to submit its report by two weeks.

Meanwhile, the government has decided to pay Tk 5 lakh as compensation to the expired pedestrian Abul Kalam's family members. Railway Ministry's Senior Information officer Rezaul Karim Siddiqui informed it yesterday.