Second metro rail project in pipeline

১২ ই ডিসেম্বর, ২০১৫ বিকাল ৩:১৩

The Dhaka Metro is an approved metro rail system to be constructed in Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. The system is referred to as the MRT, abbreviated from Mass Rapid Transit. It has been long called for to solve the extreme amount of traffic jams and congestion that occur throughout the entire city on a daily basis. Government is being planned the second metro rail project. According to the pre-feasibility study report, MRT line 1 project will connect Dhaka airport to Kamalapur, and will also be extended from the airport to Gazipur, Kamalapur to Keraniganj’s Jhilmil residential area and Khilkhet to Purbachal. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has recently submitted the project’s pre-feasibility study report to the government. The report also says it will be only a 23-minute journey from Dhaka airport to Kamalapur and a 39-minute journey from Purbachal to Kamalapur once the project is completed. Road Transport and Highways Secretary contract with JICA and it would be signed soon.

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