unprotected-crossing

For five years, a van driver named Islam has been guarding an “unprotected railway crossing” in Pirganj, Thakurgaon, using a bamboo barrier. He has been doing the work voluntarily to save people’s lives rather than as part of any institutional responsibility. His home is near the railway crossing. When he has to leave the area for work, family members or local residents take over the responsibility. In 2021, two employees of the District Judge’s Court were killed after being hit by a tra...

An automatic device is warning pedestrians at an unprotected railway crossing in Tangail before a train arrives. The device automatically starts ringing before a train reaches the crossing and says, “Train is coming, train is coming.” Locals said accidents have decreased at a railway crossing in the Hatia area of Kalihati after the installation of the auto signal invented by Md. Hamidur Rahman. A railway line runs alongside the Dhaka Tangail highway. At busy and risky level crossings, it...