Metro Rail in Dhaka City.

1. METRO RAIL IN DHAKA CITY
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2. SITUATION OF DHAKA AT PRESENT
• Around 15 million people
• More than 0.8 million vehicles
• Roads are very limited
• Intolerable traffic jam
• No mass transit system

3. OTHER PROJECTS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO
REDUCE TRAFFIC JAM
• By making extra roads
• Hatirjhill project
• By making many flyovers

4. SOME PICTURES OF TRAFFIC JAM

5. SOME PICTURES OF TRAFFIC JAM

6. SOME PICTURES OF TRAFFIC JAM

7. METRO RAIL

8. PROCEDURES OF THE PROJECT
• ECNEC approved the project in 2012
• Officially the plan launched on 1st Nov, 2013
• Tenders will be called in September, 2015
• Construction began on 26th June, 2016
• Will be complete in 2021

9. COST AND FUNDS
• Total cost 220 billion taka
• JICA will provide 165.95 billion taka which is more than 75% of total
cost
• Bangladesh government will take care of the remaining part

11. LINES AND TRAINS
• Two parallel lines
• One for up destination
• One for down destination
• 56 trains in total
• Time duration between one train to another is just 4 minutes
• Each train will carry 1,800 passengers & 60,000 people every hour

12. ITS IMPACT
• People can move easily in Dhaka
• Will reduce traffic jam
• Make us economically strong
• A beautiful & clean Dhaka

13. Thank you. 