Secretary of Street Transport and Highways Division ABM Amin Ullah Noori confirmed the matter on Monday (October 9).Earlier on August 20, Street Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Agargaon-Motijheel part of the metro rail on October 20.
In line with the sources of Dhaka Mass Transit Firm Restricted (DMTCL), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will take a practice from Agargaon-Motijheel on the inauguration day as per the schedule. Unveil the nameplate there. Then board the practice and get down at Dhaka College Metro Station and tackle the gathering at Suhrawardy Udyan.
Street Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the trial run of metro rail from Agargaon-Motijheel on July 7.
On December 28 final yr, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the nation’s first elevated metro rail within the capital Dhaka. After that the operation of Uttara-Agargaon Metrorail was inaugurated. All of the stations of this part have already been commissioned. Now Metrorail is working from 8 am to eight pm.
The metro rail is anticipated to hold 60,000 passengers per hour, touring your entire 21.26 km route from Uttara to Motijheel-Kamalapur railway station in lower than 40 minutes.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the development of the metro rail venture referred to as MRT Line-6 on June 24, 2016.
The price of the Metrorail venture stands at 33 thousand 472 crores. At first, the price of this venture was about 21 thousand crores. Mainly, the associated fee has elevated as a result of development of a further 1.6 km part from Motijheel to Kamalapur, acquisition of latest land for every station and the addition of varied new services. The venture is scheduled to be accomplished by December 2025.
Metrorail venture was taken up in 2012. A mortgage cope with Japan’s growth support company JICA was signed the next yr. The primary work began in 2017.
