‘Snake-like’ queues at railway counters in Dhaka ahead of Eid
In a desperate bid to get advance tickets ahead of Eid on May 3, thousands of Bangladeshi travellersare facing massive “snake-like” queues at railway ticket counters in the capital Dhaka.
As Eid-al-Fitr is drawing to a close, marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the ticket counters at the city railway station have started witnessing a mad rush of people since last weekend, Xinhua news agency said in a report on Thursday.
People of all ages and even women in large numbers are now thronging Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital to buy tickets.
Bangladesh Railway on April 23 began to sell train tickets in advance for travellers who will flock home to join in the festivities with their kith and kin.
