Bangladesh, Feb. 7 -- Once considered the backbone of Bangladesh's railway maintenance network, the Saidpur Railway Workshop in Nilphamari is struggling to keep operations running amid a prolonged manpower shortage, leaving modern machinery worth approximately Tk153 crore unused and slowly falling into disrepair.
Despite being the country's largest railway workshop, the facility is currently operating with barely a quarter of its sanctioned workforce.
Officials and workers cite a severe shortage of skilled personnel, coupled with inadequate budget allocations and delays in raw material supply, as key factors hampering production and maintenance activities.
Established in 1870 during the Assam-Bengal Railway era, the Saidpur Railway Works...