Course Name: Fundamentals of Economics

Course No:1209

TOPIC: Metrorail-Project

Submitted to

Nusrat Sharmin Khadiza

Lecturer

Department of Public Administration

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

Bangladesh University of Professionals

Submitted by

Name: Sanzida Alam

Roll-19161010

Department of Public Administration

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)

Bangladesh University of Professionals

Date of submission:03 november

fdd002 2019
Content:
Abstract
Introduction
Objective
Research question
Source of Data
Analysis
Conclusion
Abstract:

While metro schemes have been suitable investments for some western cities and some Asian

cities, like Hong Kong and Singapore, they are not necessarily the most appropriate options

for cities in developing countries. Although urban transport problems, like congestion and

pollution seem to be similar everywhere, the suitability of a metro solution is more

questionable for cities in developing countries owing to their distinctive social, economic and

spatial characteristics, and their existing transport technologies and the travel habits of their

inhabitants. A critical examination of such issues is undertaken for the proposed metro for

Dhaka. The study concludes that due to high population densities, transport users favour

metro rail construction. On the other hand, the existing spatial structure of the city, patterns of

land use, economic aspects and existing trip characteristics suggest metro is an inappropriate

choice.

Introduction:

The Dhaka metro is an approved metro rail system under construction in Dhaka, the capital

and the busiest city of Bangladesh. Together with a separate BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system

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, one of the heaviest in the world. It is a part

of the 20-year long Strategic Transport Plan (STP) chalked out by the Dhaka Transport

Coordination Authority (DTCA), a governmental agency.

Currently the metro rail system consists of one line referred to as the MRT (Mass Rapid

Transit Line-6, with other metro rail lines going to be added in the future. This article focuses

mainly on Dhaka MRT Line-6.

The Dhaka Metro Rail Line-6 consists of 16 elevated stations each of 180m long and 20.1 km

of electricity powered light rail tracks. MRT Line-6. All of Line-6, save for the depot, as well
as some of its accompanying BRT, will be elevated above current roads primarily above road

medians to allow traffic flow underneath, with stations also elevated.

Construction began on 26 June 2016 with an inauguration ceremony presided over by the

reigning prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The civil work is being done by the Italian-Thai

Development Public Company Ltd. and Sinohydro Corporation Ltd. JV and a Tokyo-based

construction company is developing the depot's land.

Objectives:

1. To research how this project will help to erase the traffic .

2. To analyse if this project is fruitful or not for communication.

3. To evaluate that how this project effects our economy.

Research Questions:

1. What will be the total cost of metro rail project?

2. Which Ministry is managing this project?

3. Who are carrying out the depot land development work (CP-01) ?

Source of Data:

Data can be collected by different sources or ways like – Internet sources , Sampling,

Instrumentation , Interview, questionnaires, observation , using primary data or secondary

data. For this paper I didn't take data from any primary sources . All the information taken

here is basically based on secondary data , that are found in the online sources.

Framework of Analysis

Analysis includes critical assessment of the major issues which have definite impact (or vice

versa) on Metro rail primarily. The assessment was done in two different ways: by qualitative

analysis of some issues indicated by key interviewees who are knowledgeable about the

current research problem; and secondly, by advanced quantitative assessments where

different regression models were used for transport behavior analysis to explore the user

characteristics and modeling their mode choice characteristics. Details about the methods of

study e.g. data collection, sample size, data analysis are discussed in relevant sections.

Study Area Characteristics Location:

According to Hossain (2008) Dhaka is the largest urban center and capital of Bangladesh

accommodating nearly 40 percent of the total urban population in the country. It is about 360

sq. km in area (Dhaka City Corporation) which accommodates 10 million people at the

moment making it one of the most populated cities in the world (Bangladesh Bureau of

statistics, 2009; The Daily Star, 12 November, 2006). Transportation Network and transport

modes: Strategic Transport Plan (2005) mentioned that the land use for transportation is

between 6% and 10%. Andaleeb et al. (2007) provides more accurate result of 8% roadway,

specifying that two-thirds of these roads are non-engineered surfaces which are very low

compared to most developing countries of 13% (ADB 2002)

Project timeline

 In December 2012,  the Executive Committee on National Economic Council

approves the Metro Rail scheme.

 In February 2013, Jica signs the loan agreement with Bangladesh.

 On November 19, 2013, Md Aftabuddin Talukder, executive director of DTCA and

Yoshiko Tsunoda, chairman of Nippon Koei Ltd, sign the consultancy deal in Dhaka.

 The $2.7b metro rail project got a shot in the arm upon receiving Japanese funding in

February 2014.

 Road Transport and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader placed the Metro Rail Bill

2014 on November 30, 2014 at the parliament in a bid to provide fast and improved

public transportation in Dhaka and ease traffic congestion in the capital.

 The first tender for pre-qualification to procure 24 locomotives, 144 coaches and

equipment for the depot was floated early January 2015.

 On March 27, 2015, the government signed a contract with Japanese Tokyu

Construction Company to develop the Metro Rail depot.

 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on June 26, 2016 inaugurated the construction work

on the much-hyped first-ever metro rail service in the capital. Through the inauguration of

the construction work, a formal commencement of ground development for a depot began

today. The depot is the foremost component to be in place for building the metro rail

service system, as metro trains will be launched on the elevated lines from the depot.

 The prime minister inaugurated the construction work from Bangabandhu

International Conference Centre in the capital.

 The project has been delayed by at least six months because of the terrorist attack in

Gulshan in July 2016 that claimed the lives of seven Japanese nationals involved with the

project.

 Authorities of Dhaka's maiden metro rail project on May 3, 2017, signed three

contracts with two companies for the civil construction work at the Uttara depot and

building elevated rail viaducts from north Uttara to Agargaon. According to one of the

contracts signed, a joint venture of Italian-Thai Development Public Company and

Sinohydro Corporation is going to do the Tk 1,595 crore civil constructions at the metro

rail depot,

 The metro authorities signed the other two contracts (package-3 and -4) with Ital-

Thai. The contracts worth Tk 4,230 crore were for the construction of 10km-long elevated

viaducts and nine stations between north Uttara to Agargaon.

 The authorities gave the work order to the contractors on August 1, 2017.  

 Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on August 2, 2017 inaugurated

construction of the first part of the elevated railway (viaduct) and nine stations of the

country's much talked-about maiden metro rail in the capital. This is the visible beginning

of physical construction of the elevated rail tracks and stations

 On September 13, 2017, three more agreements with Chinese and Thai firms on the

country's first-ever metro rail project were signed. Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited

(DMTCL), a state-owned enterprise founded to implement the metro rail lines across the

Dhaka city, signed the separate contract packages (CPs) including CP-2, CP-3 and CP-4

worth over Tk 58.26 billion ($719 million) with the firms, Italian-Thai Development

Public Company Limited, a Thailand-based construction firm, and Chinese state-owned

Sinohydro Corporation Limited.

 On April 30, 2018, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd today signed contracts with

two joint-venture companies for package-5 and package-6 of MRT Line-6 known as

Metro Rail. Dhaka Mass Transit Company signed contract for Package-5 with Takken

Corporation, Abdul Monem Ltd and Abenikko JV for Tk 1,855 crore. And for Tk 2,332

crore, it inked a deal with Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co Ltd JV Package-6.

Metro rail fact sheet

 Dhaka Metro Rail Project total cost of Tk 22,000 crore

 Officially known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-6, metro rail service is

expected to open half of its 20.10 kilometres by the end of 2019

 Once completed, the service would carry 60,000 passengers/hour

 20km Metro Rail route will be constructed from Uttara to Bangladesh Bank having 16

stops

 The project will save of Tk 200 billion/ year, equivalent to 1.5%  gross domestic

production (GDP) and 17% of the total tax revenue

 It will significantly reduce travel time from one end to the other to 36 minutes from at

least two hours

 The Japan government through Jica will provide Tk 16,600 crores of the total project

cost of Tk 22,000 crore ($2.5 billion) as loan at 0.01% interest rate. The rest will have to

be managed by the government

 Nippon Koei Ltd of Japan is leading the consortium of consultants with partners

Nippon Koei India Ltd, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd, Mott MacDonald Ltd India,

Mott MacDonald Ltd UK and Development Design Consultants Ltd Bangladesh

 The consortium has prepared metro's detailed design, supervised construction work

and helped manage Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project, the official name of

the metro scheme, with Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) as its

implementing agency

 The metro rail will have 16 stations at Uttara, Mirpur, Rokeya Sarani, Khamarbari,

Farmgate, Sonargaon Hotel, Shahbagh, Doel Chattar and on Topkhana Road.

 The 12km track of the first part stretches from north Uttara to Agargaon.

 According to Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), 14 trains would operate

every three minutes and carry 60,000 passengers every hour in both directions.

 The estimated time to travel the 20km distance, from north end of Uttara to Motijheel,

is 35 minutes. The trains would have six cars each, all air conditioned.

 The government has allocated Tk 3,425.83 crore for the project in 2018 fiscal year,

which is about 64 percent of the amount it was supposed to foot.

 The second phase, which will be from Agargaon to Motijheel, will be complete by

December 2020. The service will start with six trains and once the second phase is

completed 24 trains will be sent out. The trains will be from Mitsubishi.

 The metro rail will have noise barriers and vibration-free tracks and thus be

environment-friendly. the cars would be made of stainless steel and aluminium alloy,
 The project is being implemented by government-owned Dhaka Mass Transit

Company Ltd while Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority is supervising.

Project Components, Dates and Progress

The project will be implemented under eight construction packages (CP). The development

components or construction packages include – CP-01 (Depot Land Development), CP-02

(Depot Civil & Buildings), CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon), CP-05,

CP-06 (Viaduct & Stations, Agargaon-Motijheel), CP-07 (Electro-Mechanical Systems) and

CP-08 (Rolling Stock & Depot Equipment).

Utility relocation from Mirpur-10 to Agargaon was planned to start August 2016, Other

surveys have already been completed during the period of 2014 – October 2016 as mentioned

by the project director Topographic Survey, Traffic Survey, Geotechnical Survey, Right of

Way (ROW) Survey, Historical Importance/ Archeological (HIA) Survey, Environmental

Baseline (EBL) Survey, Soil Electric Resistivity (SER) Survey and Utility Verification

Survey.

As of May 2015, soil testing for the line was completed, with construction for the first section

having begun on 26 June 2016,[5] and construction for the second section planned to begin in

July 2017, for planned public operation by the end of 2019 and sometime in 2020,

respectively.

A Japanese firm Tokyo Construction Ltd, is carrying out the depot land development work

(CP-01). Tokyo Construction Ltd will develop the depot on a 23.84-hectare of land during the

construction period at the cost of around ৳5.67 billion (US$67 million). He said the Pre-

Qualification (PQ) of CP-02 has already done and 15 firms are qualified for this. Tender for

CP-02 is already floated and the last date of the submission is 6 September this year. While

asked about CP-03 and CP-04, he said PQ process has been done on 20 April this year.

Tender has been invited and the last date of submission is 8 August 2016. But the date may

be extended, he mentioned.

Conclusion

Finally, we can say, any development of a country is not possible without developing its

transport sector. Although it needs a huge amount of money, Bangladesh Govt. has taken

seriously an impressive step.

Reference:

1.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka_Metro_Rail?

fbclid=IwAR3jhaMYdeZvjwJGwXEaKQ_47GQmKOxgCttWH4no_uayHNjQotmHT0Ykjy

2. https://www.thedailystar.net/country/dhaka-metro-rail-project-in-bangladesh-fact-box-all-

you-need-to-know-about-this-1569868

3.https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2beb/5b6c9966522c6dabc259a0c4f6a5d7fe7195.pdf?

fbclid=IwAR3wG8yFjpDEEHUi6ymeh3qw85tO1MAL0QO1Zfaj-FwNjfVeX-5ZC2FN48M