Bangladesh rolls out first metro rail to ease Dhaka site visitors woes

PM Sheikh Hasina took the primary official journey of the metro rail from Diabari of Uttara to Agargaon after shopping for a ticket.

Bangladesh’s first elevated metro rail was inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.

By Sahidul Hasan Khokon: The nation’s first elevated metro rail was inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday. It will ease Dhaka’s site visitors woes.

The PM opened the 11.73-km a part of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-6 of the metro rail challenge from Diabari to Agargaon. She took the primary official journey of the metro rail from Diabari of Uttara to Agargaon after shopping for a ticket.

The PM’s youthful sister Sheikh Rehana was current on the event, together with many different officers.

Sheikh Hasina additionally launched a commemorative banknote of Taka 50 to mark the metro’s opening. She later addressed a rally on the Diabari Playground in Uttara. Mariam Afiza turned the primary operator of the metro. People can begin driving the metro practice from tomorrow.

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Initially, the metro rail will run from 8 am to 12 midday daily from Uttara to Agargaon stations with none break.

State-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will function 30 double-decker buses to move passengers to and from metro rail stations. Of these, 20 buses can be operated on Agargaon-Motijheel route through Farmgate, Karwan Bazar, Shahbagh and Gulistan whereas 10 buses will run from Uttara’s House Building to Uttara’s North station at Diabari through Abdullahpur.

The government-owned firm Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) is implementing the metro rail challenge.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been establishing the metro rail and offering tender mortgage for the challenge. The building work of the MRT Line-6 started in 2016.

The second part of metro rail from Agargaon to Motijheel and the third part from Motijheel to Kamalapur railway station can be launched in phases. The metro rail from Agargaon to Motijheel can be launched in December subsequent yr. It will be capable of transport 60,000 passengers per hour and half one million passengers per day and the trains will arrive at every station each 4 minutes.

Traffic congestion within the capital can be lowered after full operation of the metro rail. It may even improve income assortment.

According to the challenge particulars, initially some 10-set of practice having six coaches will run from Uttara to Agargaon. The staying time of the practice at a station is but to be determined.

At every station, the practice will wait till the boarding and alighting of passengers is accomplished. Each practice can run at a velocity of 100 to 110 km with 2,300 passengers. However, the velocity can be decrease in areas with bends.

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After assuming energy in 2009, the Awami League authorities has taken varied initiatives to cut back public sufferings by easing site visitors congestion within the capital.

FIRST PASSENGER ON METRO

PM Sheikh Hasina turned the primary passenger to journey on the metro rail. The first ever metro practice, carrying Sheikh Hasina and her youthful sister Sheikh Rehana together with round 200 passengers, left from North Uttara to Agargaon at 1.53pm on Wednesday.

The 200 passengers included freedom fighters, ministers, authorities officers, diplomats, college college students, and others.
Earlier, the PM purchased the metro ticket round 1.35 pm on the North Uttara station adopted by her youthful sister. Later, each punched their tickets on the entry of the station and boarded the practice.

After arrival on the North Uttara station, the PM planted a sapling there. Mariam Afiza drove the practice.

Sheikh Hasina mentioned one other feather was added to the cap of Bangladesh’s delight and improvement with the opening of nation’s first-ever metro rail, vowing to construct a affluent “Smart Bangladesh” by 2041.

“One extra feather after the Padma Bridge was added to the journey of Bangladesh’s improvement with the inauguration of the metro rail,” she mentioned.

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POSTAGE STAMP RELEASED

Sheikh Hasina launched a particular commemorative postage stamp, a gap day cowl and an information card.

The postage stamp, first-day cowl and knowledge card can be offered from Philatelic Bureau of Dhaka GPO and also will be out there at different GPOs and head publish workplaces throughout the nation later.

She additionally unveiled a commemorative notice of Taka 50, marking the launch of the nation’s first ever metro rail.
The notice, containing portrait of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with a background of metro rail on one aspect and a photograph of metro rail on the opposite, can be out there for individuals.

They can accumulate it from Bangladesh Bank’s Motijheel workplace from December 29 and later from different branches.

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Dec 28, 2022