DOT Desk: Rajshahi University (RU) students blocked the rail tracks near the university’s Faculty of Agriculture today (8 July) as part of the nationwide “Bangla Blockade” against the reinstatement of quotas in government jobs, reports TBS.
The blockade has disrupted rail communication between Rajshahi and other parts of the country. According to Rajshahi Railway Station Manager Abdul Karim, the inter-city Dhumketu Express train left Dhaka for Rajshahi but was stopped at the Haria station due to the blocage. Meanwhile, the inter-city Kapotaksh Express train from Khulna has been halted at Sardah station.
The station master warned that the district’s rail connectivity with the entire country will be severed if the blockade is not lifted soon.The agitating students blocked the railway tracks around 12pm in front of the railway gate in the Jamalpur area, next to the university’s agriculture faculty.
At the time, they chanted slogans and delivered speeches demanding the reform of the quota system.Prior to this, students marched from various halls and gathered at Paris Road within the university. From there, they organised a combined procession and blocked the railway tracks Ashiq Ullah Muhib, one of the coordinators of the Quota System Reform movement at RU, said, “Starting today, we demand the cancellation of unreasonable and discriminatory.