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Passenger traffic on land with India has been suspended for 14 days since last Monday (April 26, 2021) but imports have continued. On the first day of the shutdown, a consignment of 2,425 metric tonnes of wheat arrived at the Darshana port in Chuadanga on a privately-owned railway from India last evening. Besides, three big consignments of onion, rice and stone are waiting to enter.
Port officials said Abdus Salam of Nawapara in Jessore was an importer of wheat. The wagons will be sent to Nawapara by Tuesday evening after the formalities of the Plant Quarantine Wing (Quarantine) and Clearing and Forwarding (C&F) of the Customs Department, Department of Agricultural Extension.
In India, the Corona situation has deteriorated in the last few days and in order to prevent the entry and spread of new strains of Corona identified there, the passenger traffic on the land with neighboring India has been stopped. On the evening of the first day of the shutdown, a consignment of 2,425 metric tonnes of wheat loaded in 42 wagons arrived at the Darshana port in Chuadanga, awaiting release from the port. Besides, three large consignments of onions, rice and stones (126 wagons as 42 wagons for each product) are waiting at the Ranaghat railway station in Nadia district of West Bengal, India. If get the green signal, it can cross the border and reach Darshana by Tuesday. Onions and rice are being imported by the private sector and the stone consignment is being imported for the Padma Bridge.
Mir Mohammad Liaquat Ali, caretaker of Darshana International Railway Station, said there was no chance for ordinary people to come with the freight train during the corona. Each freight train in Bangladesh has three crew members (driver, driver's assistant and a guard). The driver and his assistant stayed in the engine of the train. The guard or director has to go down for some formalities to explain the shipment of the product. To complete this formality, the three people who come with the Indian train need to stay for 45 minutes to a maximum of one hour. In this case, according to the government guidelines, hygiene rules are followed completely.
Damurhuda Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer (UHFPO) Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal said drivers and directors accompanying freight trains were stopped at the zero line at the border and screened. At that time, after the screening of the train's driver Biswajit Biswas, assistant driver Shivbrat Chowdhury and director Pradeep Shankar, they were given the opportunity to enter Bangladesh only after knowing their personal matters and being risk-free. Apart from that, after reaching the port of Darshan, the places where the Indian train director goes and stays are immediately disinfected.
Source: Online/SZK
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