The Daily Morning Voice Online Desk: The authorities suspended the operations of metro rail this morning “on safety ground” after huge number of doused sky lanterns fell on the overhead electricity lines during last night’s New Year celebrations. MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL), the operating agency of metro rail, confirmed it.

He said huge number of doused sky lanterns fell on the electricity lines of the metro rail so they have kept the operations suspended from the morning. Although the sky lanterns could not cause any damage to the electricity lines but they have to remove the fallen sky lanterns to avoid any possible accident, he said at 9:30am. He said the metro rail services will resume after the removal of fallen sky lanterns is completed.