Dhaka, July 6 -- Almost a decade after its formation, the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) has finally drafted its service rule to ensure the proper functioning of its employees, and has proposed an organogram of more than 1,800 staff.

However, the total number of personnel, including outsourced workers, who will be engaged in the Dhaka metro rail company stands at 3,800, sources said.

DMTCL's own staff will number 1,891-up from 1,356 under the existing organogram approved by the board in 2017.

Sources said the service rule of the state-owned company is now awaiting approval at the upcoming board meeting.

The DMTCL has been operating with inadequate manpower, relying mostly on bureaucrats and retired engineers from the railw...