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The final test for reopening the much-awaited Mirpur-10 metro rail station, massively damaged by miscreants during the students-people uprising, will be conducted on Thursday.
"We will conduct the final test for reopening Mirpur -10 metro station at 6:00 am tomorrow after repairing and replacement of partially and fully damaged equipment," Mohammad Abdur Rouf, Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) told BSS news agency on Wednesday.
He said the Mirpur-10 station was repaired quickly considering the demand of the commuters. We've to relocate some equipment from other non-busy stations to Mirpur-10 station to make it fit for operation as it witnesses a huge rush of passengers.
"We have completed repair and replacement work of the station with our own logistic support and budgetary allocation. We didn't seek money from the government," said Abdur Rouf.
Earlier, the cost of repairing the two stations - Kazipara and Mirpur-10- was estimated at Tk 3 billion (Tk 300 crore), but later, a committee was formed to further scrutinise the repair cost.
"We have successfully reduced the repair cost for Kazipara station and completed the repair work at Tk 202.6 million (Tk 20.26 crore) only. The repair and replacement cost for Mirpur-10 station will be higher than Kazipara station, as it witnessed massive damage," the managing director added.
According to the metro rail details, during the 'Complete Shutdown' programme enforced by the anti-discrimination student movement, miscreants vandalised Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations on July 19.
They vandalised everything including the station's ticket vending machine, and passenger entry punch machine at the main station, which forced the authorities to shut down the two stations for 37 days.
The metro rail started operation again on August 25, but the two stations remained closed. Kazipara station resumed operation on September 20.