Economic Reporter :
The feasibility study for the proposed circular rail network around the capital city is awaiting approval of the planning ministry.
“The government has undertaken the project to build a circular railway network around Dhaka city to ease the pressure on the city’s roads,” a top official told BSS here on Tuesday.
The official said that the railways ministry has estimated the cost for carrying out the feasibility study at Taka 29.32 crore. According to the project details, the railways ministry has sent the proposal for carrying out feasibility study for the circular railway network in the capital city to the planning commission for approval on June 29, 2015.
It said the feasibility study would assess routes and points for smooth plying of the circular train. A project scrutiny committee of the railways ministry conducted a meeting on the project on March 18, 2015 and the feasibility study proposal was prepared in accordance with the decision of the meeting on June 9, 2015.
