Dhaka, March 20 -- The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Railways Ministry on Wednesday recommended the government to take necessary measures to introduce sensor systems and technology for automatic train stop to prevent accident.

The parliamentary body also suggested taking steps to install closed circuit cameras in front of trains in a bid to detect the accident causes.

The recommendation came from its 2nd meeting chaired by ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury at Parliament Bhaban.

In the meeting, the recent train derailment occured at Nangalkot in Cumilla, the programmes taken by Bangladesh Railway on the occasion of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Fitr-2024, passenger services and ticket management, and the progress of construction of Dhirash...