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Metro service temporarily disrupted due to power failure
Due to a power outage, Dhaka's metro rail service was disrupted on Sunday (7 July) noon, which caused trouble for commuters. At around 2:27 p.m, the metro system experienced an interruption due to a power loss that impacted the overhead lines that deliver energy.
One passenger, Oni Ahmed, shared his experience in the "MetroRail Passengers Community - DHAKA" Facebook group.
He wrote, "I was travelling from Uttara Center to Motijheel at 2:27pm when suddenly, due to a power outage, the metro stopped and we got stuck between two stations! We were stuck there for exactly half an hour, and the metro finally resumed at around 3pm. My question is, shouldn't the metro move to the nearest station in an emergency situation within a short period? Being stuck indefinitely in the middle is very alarming and uncomfortable!"
Another commuter, Apu Devnath wrote in the Traffic alert group, "Metro is off due to low power, stuck inside for 20 minutes."
Around 3pm, the power supply was restored, and metro services resumed.
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