Staff Reporter :
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said, the construction work of the country’s first ever metro rail project will be completed by 2020, four years ahead of the scheduled time.
“Metro rail construction work up to Agargaon will be completed within 2019 and the entire work from Uttara third phase to Motijheel will be completed by 2020,” said Quader, also general secretary of the ruling Awami League.
The minister told these to reporters after signing of a contract with four companies for a package of 5 and 6 of Metro Rail project at a city hotel yesterday.
He also said that construction work of the project was scheduled to be completed by 2024, but Japan is providing its quality services in completion of the project ahead of the dateline.
Obaidul said, “We were behind six months back for the Holy Artisan Tragedy. But it did not discourage the construction companies. Six Japanese were killed in the Gulshan attack, among them six were engaged in survey of Metro Rail project.”
The work of the Metro Rail project is divided into eight packages.
The cost of implementing the metro rail project has been estimated to be
about 22 billion taka. Of this, Japan’s JICA will pay Tk 16,595 crore while the government will provide Tk 5,399 crore.
In order to implement the Metro Rail project, the government has formed a company named Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL).
The proposed 16 stations are respectively in Uttara (Uttara), Uttara (South), Pallabi, Mirpur-11, Mirpur-10, Kazipara, Taltala, Agargaon, Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Sonargaon Hotel, National Museum, Doyel Chattar, National Stadium and Bangladesh Bank area.
The Metrorail will carry 1800 passengers in every four minutes. About 60,000 passengers will be traveling in an hour. It takes less than 40 minutes to travel around 20 kilometers.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said, the construction work of the country’s first ever metro rail project will be completed by 2020, four years ahead of the scheduled time.
“Metro rail construction work up to Agargaon will be completed within 2019 and the entire work from Uttara third phase to Motijheel will be completed by 2020,” said Quader, also general secretary of the ruling Awami League.
The minister told these to reporters after signing of a contract with four companies for a package of 5 and 6 of Metro Rail project at a city hotel yesterday.
He also said that construction work of the project was scheduled to be completed by 2024, but Japan is providing its quality services in completion of the project ahead of the dateline.
Obaidul said, “We were behind six months back for the Holy Artisan Tragedy. But it did not discourage the construction companies. Six Japanese were killed in the Gulshan attack, among them six were engaged in survey of Metro Rail project.”
The work of the Metro Rail project is divided into eight packages.
The cost of implementing the metro rail project has been estimated to be
about 22 billion taka. Of this, Japan’s JICA will pay Tk 16,595 crore while the government will provide Tk 5,399 crore.
In order to implement the Metro Rail project, the government has formed a company named Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL).
The proposed 16 stations are respectively in Uttara (Uttara), Uttara (South), Pallabi, Mirpur-11, Mirpur-10, Kazipara, Taltala, Agargaon, Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Sonargaon Hotel, National Museum, Doyel Chattar, National Stadium and Bangladesh Bank area.
The Metrorail will carry 1800 passengers in every four minutes. About 60,000 passengers will be traveling in an hour. It takes less than 40 minutes to travel around 20 kilometers.
