Dhaka Metro Rail Project
The Government announcement to open the 11.73 kilometer (km) segment of the eagerly awaited metro rail (MRT-6) on the Uttara-Agargaon route on the December 16, 2021, is filled with great expectations. With the day being the occasion to celebrate the golden jubilee of the country’s freedom, lots of people have begun their countdown to the completion of the mega project. Undoubtedly, it is going to be a landmark achievement for Bangladesh in its communication sector. After finishing, the 20.1km elevated railway commuting route connecting Uttara at the northern end with Motijheel at the southern end is set to emerge as one of the massive projects of the nation. The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) has set the target of completing the entire MRT Line-6 communication infrastructure by December 2022. The earlier deadline of the project implementation entity, DMTCL, was June 2024. They have brought the deadline closer by 2 years on an instruction from the government.
As gleaned from the pictures of elevated metro rail in other big cities, the state-of-the-art communication mode is expected to bring about a radical change to the whole lifestyle in Dhaka. Apart from adding speed to commuters’ archaically faltering travels, the metro rail will greatly change the city residents’ activities from office going, business, school, college-university attendance to setting of all kinds of socio-political-cultural programs. The long dreamt-of comfort and convenience of being a big-city resident may no longer be elusive to the general people.
Ref: http://dmtcl.gov.bd/
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