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Vol. 5 Num 422 Wed. August 03, 2005  
   
National


Rail, road links through Teesta bridge restored


Train communication through Teesta bridge in Lalmonirhat district was restored at 12-50 am yesterday, 13 hours after it was disrupted.

Both rail and road communication over the bridge was suspended after a Kurigram-bound fuel tanker lorry from Bagabari became stranded on the bridge due to mechanical trouble at 2-50 pm Monday.

This snapped Lalmonirhat-Kurigram train link and created long snarl-up of vehicles on both sides of the bridge.

The road communication through the bridge was restored at 7 pm after a relief vehicle pulled the lorry out of the bridge, sources in railway department said.