Staff Correspondent
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to submit a list of the unprotected level crossings across the country to the Supreme Court’s registrar within four weeks.
The court also asked the government to explain why a directive should not be made to take steps for sufficient traffic system in the level crossings by this period.
The High Court bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui passed the order after hearing a public interest litigation writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Manzill Murshid drawing the court’s attention to Tuesday’s Jaipurhat train accident in which 14 were killed and 50 injured.
The railway director general has been asked to submit the list of the level crossings to the Supreme Court registrar’s office.
Manzill Murshid argued train accidents took place frequently across the country for lack of sufficient traffic system in the level crossings.
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