PHOTO: MEHEDI HASAN

Twenty sets of DEMU trains lie idle in the capital’s Kamalapur area after major technical faults rendered them inoperable. These trains, imported from China in 2013 under a government initiative at a cost of around Tk 600 crore, travelled almost all over the country. Expected to run for at least 35 years, the trains became defunct within seven years due to poor maintenance and high repair costs and are now set to be scrapped. The photos were taken recently.