University of Barishal

Assignment

on

“Dhaka Metro Rail Project”

Course title : Project Appraisal and Management
Course code : F-402

Submitted to : Rabeya Sultana Lata

Lecturer,
Dept. of Finance & Banking
University of Barishal

Submitted by : Group 03
Session: 2018-2019(AS 2015-16)
Semester:4th Year 1st Semester
Dept. of Finance and Banking
University of Barishal

Date of Submission: 24.10.2019

“Dhaka Metro Rail Project”
 Group No- 03
Name ID NO.

Shuvo Roy 16FIN002

Md. Rakibul Islam 16FIN007

Dipto Kumar Biswas 16FIN038

Kanchi Khatun 16FIN040

Md. Zahidul Islam 16FIN041

Rafiqul Islam 16FIN054

Mahbina Akter Sumona 14FIN011

Sumaya Akter 14FIN076

 Table of contents:
Context Page No.
Introduction 01
Overview of the Project 02
Metro rail fact sheet 03-04
Advantages of Dhaka Metro Rail 04
Life cycle 05-08
Taxonomy of Dhaka metro rail Project 09
Project Preparation 10
Financing of the project 11
Project Timeline 12-13
Estimated Cash Flow & Financial analysis of Dhaka 14-15
Metro Rail Project
Network 16
Impact of project construction on public 17
Environmental and Social Issue 17
Recommendations 18
Conclusion 18
References 19
Introduction:
Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project (Dhaka Metro Rail) is an approved metro rail
system under construction in Dhaka, the capital and the busiest city of Bangladesh. It is the first
elevated metro rail system in Bangladesh under the Fast Track projects.

With continued economic growth and development, unbearable traffic congestion all around the
city has become a grim reality for its inhabitants. Dhaka Metropolitan Area (DMA) has a
population of almost 10 million. Dwellers are experiencing serious traffic congestion in addition
to health hazards caused by traffic pollution including air pollution. In the absence of a dependable
and adequate public transport system, most of the roads remain occupied by vehicles with very
little capacity. In this situation, the government of Bangladesh (GOB) formulated the “Strategic
Transport Plan for Dhaka” (STP) in 2005 in cooperation with the World Bank (WB).
With the approval of WB & GOB; Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted the
Dhaka Urban Transportation Network Development Study (DHUTS) in March 2009. The study
reveals that the mass rapid transit system will alleviate traffic congestion and improve air pollution
in the Dhaka City by, thereby contributing to the economic and social development of Greater
Dhaka Region and improvement of urban environment. The GOB and JICA concluded the loan
agreement on the “Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project” on February 2013 to construct
MRT Line 6.
Each train will hold up to 1800 passengers. With 56 trains to be in service by 2019, Dhaka Metro
is projected to serve more than 60,000 passengers per hour by 2021, with wait times of
approximately 4 minutes. The entire route will be able to be travelled in less than 40 minutes at an
average speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), expected to drastically reduce the number of private cars on
Dhaka's streets as well as their potentially 7-hour-long standstills.

When the service is in full operation, trains of six air-conditioned spacious cars will arrive every
four minutes going each way at each of the 16 stations.
The deal for construction of the 20.1 kilometers (12.5 mi) Line 6, costing $2.8 billion, was signed
by the Government with the Japan on 20February 2013. This first route, originally projected to
start from Uttara, a northern suburb of Dhaka, to Saidabad, in the south of the capital, was
eventually extended north to Uttara and truncated south to Motijheel.
The project is being managed by the Communications Ministry’s Dhaka Transport Co-ordination
Authority, and a consortium of foreign as well as Bangladeshi firms known as NKDM Association
is acting as General Consultant (GC). NKDM Association consists of: Nippon Koei Japan, Nippon
Koei India, Delhi Metro Rail Corp (India), Mott MacDonald UK, Mott MacDonald India and
Development Design Consultants (local Consultant-Bangladesh).

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Overview of the Project:
Project name Dhaka Metro Rail Project

Project number 49258-003

Native name Dhaka Metro Rail

Locale People of Dhaka city

Transit type Rapid transit

Project type Loan

Number of lines 5 in total 1 (under construction) 4 (planned)

Number of stations 68 in total 16 (under construction) 52 (planned)

Daily ridership 483,000 (in 2021, as projected)

Strategic agendas Inclusive economic growth

Drivers of change Gender equity and mainstreaming partnership

Gender equity and mainstreaming Some gender elements

Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh

Website www.dmtc.org.bd

Operation will start 2021

Operator(s) Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd.

System length 20.10 km (12.49 mi) (Line-6)

Track gauge Standard gauge

Electrification 1500V DC via overhead catenary

Source of funding MFF (multi tranche financing facility) Facility Concept

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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 kilometers 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.

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  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 aluminum alloy.

 The project is being implemented by government-owned Dhaka Mass Transit Company

Ltd while Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority is supervising.

Advantages of Dhaka Metro Rail:

If completed once, the Dhaka city people will have some certain advantages.
 Large number of people can move very easily and quickly.
 There will be no traffic congestion like roads.
 The people can have quick communication to their desired destination.
 In peak hours the people will not have wordiness to reach their working places in time as
in 4 minutes there will be a train.
 The people will have sound pollution free transport as their will be sound barriers.
 Journey to work place will be enjoyable one as people can have modern train facilities and
beautiful city.
 look from above.
 The metro rail will save thousands of working hours which will help people to engage
themselves in different developing activities thus contributing economic development in
our country.
 Travelling by metro rail is considered as the best means of travel as compared to driving
by car. There will be less accidents than other transports.

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Life cycle:
01)Conception stage:
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.

02)Design stage:

MRT (Mass Rapid Transit)– 1:

The nearly 27km – long metro line-1 stretches from the international airport to Kamlapur and
Purbachal.With expected completion by 2026, the metro line's construction cost has been roughly
estimated at Tk 50,000 crore.
It comprises of two routes: one from the airport to Kamlapur across Khilkhet, Jamuna Future Park,
Natun Bazar, Badda, Rampura, Malibagh and Rajarbagh covering a length of about 16.5km—the
country's first metro rail line with all 12 stations underground.
The other route named Purbachal stretches from Natun Bazar across Jamuna Future Park,
Bashundhara, Mastul to Purbachal depot covering 10km with nine stations, of which seven will be
elevated.
Natun Bazar station will have an interchange for transfer of passengers between the two routes of
the same metro line.

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MRT-2:
The 24km-long metro line-2 is proposed to stretch from Gabtoli to Chattogram road across
embankment road, Basila, Mohammadpur, Satmasjid Road, Jhigatola, Science Laboratory, New
Market, Azimpur, Palashi, Dhaka Medical College, Golap Shah Mazar, BangaBhaban, Motijheel,
Arambagh, Kamlapur, Mugda, Manda, and Demra.

MRT-4:
The 16km underground metro line-4 stretches from Kamlapur to Narayanganj and the proposed
route stretches along Dhaka-Narayanganj railway track. With the number of stations still
unspecified, the government is looking for a prospective development partner to conduct the
feasibility study and develop the transport facility.

MRT-5:
The 41km-long metro line-5 comprises of two routes. The northern one is expected to be
completed by 2027 and the southern by 2030.
The 20km northern route is proposed to stretch from Hemayetpur of Savar to Bhatara through
Baliarpur, Amin Bazar, Gabtoli, Dar-Us-Salam, Mirpur, Kachukhet, Banani, Gulshan and Natun
Bazar with a total of 14 stations, of which nine will be underground and the rest elevated.

The possible stretch of the route will go through Technical intersection, Kalyanpur, Shyamoli,
Asad Gate, Russel Square, Panthapath, Sonargaon, Hatirjheel, Rampura, Aftab Nagar, Dasher
Kandi, Baralu Bazar and Ganga Nagar, terminating in Bhulta.

MRT-6:
Currently the metro rail system consists of one line referred to as the MRT Line-6. The Dhaka
Metro Rail Line-6 consists of 16 elevated stations each of 180m long and 20.1 km of powered light
rail tracks.

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03)Implementation stage:
Alignment Planning:

MRT Line 1 consists of two lines: one route connects Kamalapur in central Dhaka with the Dhaka
International Airport and the other route branches off from the Airport Line at Notun Bazar Station
to the Purbachal area where large-scale urban development is currently under way. The Airport
Line will run entirely through an underground tunnel, and the Purbachal Line will run through an
underground tunnel from Notun Bazar to Kuril, after which it will emerge above ground to become
an elevated structure to its destination at Purbachal.

Design standards:

Design standards conform to the "Bangladesh MRT Engineering Standards" appending some
sentences as may be necessary.

Station Location:

Taking into account the railway station catchment area, stations will be generally located roughly
1km apart, and 1.5km apart in the suburbs. Their locations will be determined by considering the
locations of major facilities, connections to other traffic lines, and the locations of fly-over.

Track Layout Plan:

To turn back a part of the train to the Purbachal Line at Notun Bazar Station, the track for the
Airport Line shall run outside and the Purbachal Line inside at the station. Also, to prevent
obstruction at the platform section due to conflict with the following direct train for Kamalapur
Station (or the direct train from Kamalapur Station to the Purbachal Line) when the shuttle train is
present at the platform section, a cross between the Purbachal Line and the Airport Line was
established on the Future Parks Station side of the Notun Bazar Station.

Civil and Utilities Plan:

The station structures are of two types: A Rigid Frame Structure and a Pier + Girder Structure. JST
selected the latter because of workability, economic reason, and impact to existing road traffic.

Between stations, there are two types of tunneling: one is two tunnels with two single tracks and
another is one tunnel containing double tracks. In comparing these two types, the face of tunnel of
single track-double tunnel is 77m2 while the latter is 79 m2. As a result, JST recommends two
tunnels with two single tracks type.

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Operation Planning Data:

Maximum transportation capacity for meeting the passenger demand, namely, the carrying
capacity of each EMU, is 1,738 people in a 6-car formation and 2,332 people in an 8-car formation
according to the specifications of the Rolling Stock plan of MRT Line. In order to meet the 2035
forecast passenger demand, 13 trains consisting of 8 cars would operate per hour in each direction
between Purbachal and DBC. Of the 13 trains, 10 trains may be returned to Notun Bazar Station
according to the demand. But at Kamalapur Station trains should leave every 2 minutes 30 second
interval.

Electrification System and Utilities Plan:

The railway requires a stable source of large amounts of power, and therefore substations (RSS)
will be built to receive 132kV power from grid substations (GSS). Two RSSs will be built to ensure
the reliability and redundancy of the power supply system. The received power is stepped down
to 33kV which is then distributed to the rectifier traction substation (TSS), substations for stations
(ASS), and a substation for the depot.

Operation and Maintenance for MRT Line 1, Line 5 and Line 6:

Staff of own operation and maintenance section for MRT Line 1 and Line 5 will be employed
around 700~800 each. The Operation and Maintenance section for MRT Line 1 and Line 5 is
almost same as MRT Line 6.

04)Commissioning stage:
JICA (Japan International cooperation Agency) estimated that the project may be completed within
2035.

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Taxonomy of Dhaka metro rail Project:
Based on the type of activity:
Under this category, project can be classified as industrial project non-industrial project. Industrial
projects are set up for the production of some goods. According to our project we have seen that
Dhaka Metro Rail is a non-industrial project since it has not started with the production purpose.
On the other hand, we know that non-industrial project is taken by govt. for the service of entire
society. Hence Dhaka Metro Rail is a non-industrial project.

Based on the location of the project:

Under this category, projects can be classified as national project and international project.
National Projects are those setups within the national boundaries of a country, while international
projects are set up in other countries. In this perspective Dhaka Metro Rail is a national project.

Based on Project completion time:

Based on the constraints on project completion time, projects can be classified into two types-
there are normal project and crash project. Normal projects are those for which there is no
constraint on time. Crash projects are those which are to be completed within a stipulated time, so
we can say that Dhaka Metro Rail project is a normal project since the time of the construction can
be changed.

Based on ownership:
Based on ownership, projects can be classified into private sector projects and public sector
projects, and joint sector projects. Since Dhaka Metro Rail project is owned by the state it’s a
public sector project.

Based on size:
Project can be classified based on size into three categories- small project, medium sized, and large
projects. The size is normally expressed in terms of the amount of investment required.

Projects Small project Medium project Large project

Amount Less than 1 crore 1 crore to 100 crore More than 100 crore

Since Dhaka Metro Rail project requires 720502 (mi. JPY), so it’s a large project in Bangladesh.

Based on need:
Dhaka Metro Rail Project is totally a new project.

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Project Preparation:
1)Pre-feasibility study:
The government of Bangladesh (GOB) formulated the “Strategic Transport Plan for Dhaka” (STP)
in 2005 in cooperation with the World Bank (WB). Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) conducted the Dhaka Urban Transportation Network Development Study (DHUTS) Phase
1 from March 2009 with the DTCA as its counterpart agency. The study’s objectives were to
conceptualize the basic urban development scenario for the DMA by 2025 and to select priority
projects that would help build such a scenario That study recommended the MRT Line 6 as a
priority project.

2)Functional study:
The GOB and JICA concluded the loan agreement on the “Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit
Development Project” on February 2013 to construct MRT Line 6.

3)Feasibility study:
JICA conducted the feasibility study on MRT Line 6 under DHUTS Phase 2. World Bank finished
the feasibility study and basic design of BRT Line 3.

4)Detailed project analysis:

Asian Development Bank (ADB) have completed the basic design of the BRT Line 3 extension
project (from the airport to Gazipur) and since April 2013 has conducted the activities for the
detailed design stage.

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Financing of the project:
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.

On 20 February 2013, an official development assistance (ODA) loan of JPY 70.693 billion was
signed between the Governments of Japan and Bangladesh. The JICA loan package assigns JPY
10.477 billion for funding the DMRTDP. The loan has a 10-year grace period and 40-year
repayment period. Loan financing for ~ 75% of the cost is provided through JICA, with the balance
from Government funds. Disbursements are passed through the Ministry of Finance and approved
by the Executing Agency (EA), the Dhaka Mass Transit Company (DMTC).

DMTC is a Government-owned corporate entity administered through the Ministry of Road

Transport and Bridges1 (MRTB). DMTC currently operates as a project implementation unit for
the DMRTDP. DMTC recruited a general consultant (GC) for design, construction supervision,
procurement support and operations management over a two-year startup period. The consultant
NKDM, a consortium of six consults, commenced work in late February 2014. A project
organization chart prepared by NKDM shows the relationship of government and donor agencies
and technical support, including technical assistance outside the NKDM contract for legal,
planning, fare rates and other matters. Institutional development for DMTC and preparation of a
resettlement action plan are also administered by DMTC under separate contracts.

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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.

 surveys have 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.

 The $2.7b metro rail project got a shot in the arm upon receiving Japanese funding in
February 2014.

 Road Transport and Bridge Minister ObaidulQuader 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.

 As of May 2015, soil testing for the line was completed.

 Construction for the first section having begun on 26 June 2016. Utility relocation from
Mirpur-10 to Agargaon was planned to start August 2016.
 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on June 26, 2016 inaugurated the construction work on the
much-hyped first-ever metro rail service 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.

 Construction for the second section planned to begin in July 2017.

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  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.

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Estimated Cash Flow & Financial analysis of Dhaka
Metro Rail Project:
Japanese Yen(In Million)
Year COST REVENUE Revenue-cost
Investment O&M Total Revenue Total
2018 451 0 451 0 0 -451
2019 9854 0 9854 0 0 -9854
2020 15302 0 15302 0 0 -15302
2021 67044 0 67044 0 0 -67044
2022 143700 0 143700 0 0 -143700
2023 101375 0 101375 0 0 -101375
2024 102219 0 102219 0 0 -102219
2025 102066 0 102066 0 0 -102066
2026 49830 662 50492 2126 2126 -48366
2027 19093 7945 27038 27601 27601 563
2028 9695 7945 17640 29691 29691 12051
2029 36 7945 7981 31781 31781 23800
2030 0 7945 7945 33871 33871 25926
2031 0 17334 17334 35961 35961 18627
2032 0 8886 8886 38051 38051 29165
2033 0 8886 8886 40141 40141 31255
2034 0 8886 8886 42231 42231 33345
2035 0 8886 8886 44321 44321 35435
2036 0 20262 20262 44764 44764 24502
2037 0 9702 9702 46737 46737 37035
2038 0 9702 9702 48709 48709 39007
2039 0 9702 9702 50681 50681 40979
2040 0 9702 9702 52654 52654 42952
2041 0 13921 13921 54626 54626 40705
2042 0 9868 9868 56598 56598 46730
2043 0 9868 9868 58570 58570 48702
2044 0 9868 9868 60543 60543 50675
2045 0 9868 9868 62515 62515 52647
2046 0 10051 10051 64487 64487 54436
2047 0 17031 17031 66460 66460 49429
2048 0 10051 10051 68432 68432 58381
2049 0 10051 10051 70404 70404 60353
2050 0 10051 10051 72376 72376 62325
2051 0 10252 10252 74349 74349 64097

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 2052 0 10252 10252 76321 76321 66069
2053 0 10252 10252 78293 78293 68041
2054 0 10252 10252 80266 80266 70014
2055 0 10252 10252 82238 82238 71986
Total 620666 306278 926944 1595801 1595801 668857
PV 264277 18631 282908 74802 74802 -208106

Pay Back Period (PBP) 10 years (approx.)

Net Present Value (NPV): -208106

(at discounted rate of 15%)

Internal Rate of Return (IRR) 3.8%

Benefit Cost Ratio (B/C): 0.26

(at discounted rate of 15%)

Interpretation:
B/C Ratio More than 1 indicates that the benefits from the project are in excess of the cost incurred
towards the project. Dhaka Metro Rail projects’ BCR is only 0.26; that means present value of
cost incurred to this project is higher than the present value of the revenue generated from this
project. The project will take almost 10 (9.57) years to recover its initial investments.

If we look precisely at the cash inflows and outflows; we will find out that this project is not a
profitable one. It will experience a loss of 208,106 million yen over its 38 years’ life.

The question may arise “why government will run a project with a certain huge amount of loss?”

There is a simple answer may provide that government will run the project for public interest. The
metro rail will save thousands of working hours which will contribute economic development in
our country. As governments’ first priority is public convenience; the Bangladesh government will
run this project even knowing that it is not a profitable one.

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Network:
In this Dhaka Metro Rail network, there will be five lines.

Line Expected First operation/ Length Starting point Ending point

Starting Time expected run

MRT Line 1 2021 Est.2026 27 km Dhaka Airport Kamlapur

MRT Line 2 2017 Est. 2030 24 km Ashulia Kamalpur

MRT Line 4 2021 Est. 2035 16 km Kamalpur Narayanganj

MRT Line 5 2022 Est. 2030 20 km+21km Bulta Badda

MRT Line 6 2016 Expecting to be 20.1 km Uttara Motijheel

completed by
2020

Activities Times Required

MRT Line 1 06 Years
MRT Line 2 14 Years
MRT Line 4 15 years
MRT Line 5 09 Years
MRT Line 6 05 Years

MRT Line 6

MRT Line 2

MRT Line 1

MRT Line 4

MRT Line 5

2016 2017 2020 2021 2022 2026 2030 2035

Graph: Bar Chart
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Impact of project construction on public:
The correspondent has visited Uttara, Mirpur and Agargaon areas to get a firsthand view of the
impact of the ongoing construction around the city. According to project insiders, four lanes have
been kept open on roads to minimize road congestion. Hard barriers (fences made of concrete and
steel) have been installed around construction areas to contain dust pollution. Water is being
sprayed around the construction site to keep the air breathable. Soil, which pile up after digging,
is being taken to a dumping site in Uttara. The project construction perimeter fences are
minimizing public inconvenience. Construction has picked up momentum in several key areas of
Dhaka, such as Mirpur 12, 10, Kazipara, Shewrapara, Taltola and Agargaon.

In Agargaon, cranes and excavators have been brought in for piling work.

Construction workers are actively working to help prevent traffic congestion near construction
zones. At least eight to nine workers have been tasked with this duty at every kilometre.

A temporary project office has also been built in front of the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University.

Meanwhile, an insider from the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry said: “The contractor firms
have been directed to finish construction within the permitted scheduled.

Bangladesh has already signed a deal with Japanese firm Kawasaki Mitsubishi Consortium, for
procuring metro rail coaches.

The insider revealed that Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader is directly
supervising the metro rail project.

Environmental and Social Issue:

 It is estimated that the project CO2 emission reduction is 170000t.p.a(2021) to
499000t.p.a(2050).
 Social impacts on local transport providers due to competitive nature of the Metro is
unlikely.
 Traffic congestion will be offset through designation of alternative routes. Some
compensation may be paid in pacific instances related to disturbance that affects livelihood,
temporary relocation out of the line of work.
 Social impacts are minimized by relocating street-side vendors to predefined locations so
their occupation can be continued.

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Recommendations:
 The construction cost of the metro rail (MRT line-6) in Dhaka is more than double
comparing to neighboring Indian cities like Delhi or Mumbai. We need to conduct more
study on finding ways to reduce the cost.
 Traffic congestion will be offset through designation of alternative routes. Some
compensation should be paid in pacific instances related to disturbance that affects
livelihood, temporary relocation out of the line of work.
 It will also be coordinated with the proposed urban development and land use strategies
and will promote a high level of integration with other modes of public transport and
road transport.
 An individual consultant should be recruited to develop a communication strategy for
the project.
 Further detailed study should exercise to avoid start-up delays & active facilitation
role.
 A certain number of seats should secure not only for women but also for the physically
challenged people.
 At each station, elevators which can accommodate wheelchairs, induction blocks for
the visually impaired, priority seats for physically challenged people, discount tickets
for physically challenged people should have been introduced.
 Barrier-free guidelines should formulate and took proper actions considering the
physically challenged people to be able to use the MRT.
 As for the tickets, weekly and monthly passes to be issued.

Conclusion:
The Dhaka Metro is an approved system under construction in Dhaka, the capital and largest 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, among the heaviest in the world. Once finished, it will be the most time efficient,
reliable, safe, comfortable and environment friendly solution, that will transform Dhaka into a
more active, commutable and sustainable city. It is a project for moving people, saving time, &
energy. Although the horrific Gulshan attack in July last year is to blame for lion share of the
delays. But now the situation is normal and Bangladesh will provide all kinds of security to the
foreign partner. And last we hope the project will be blessing for our country and our country will
get more benefit from this project in both socio economic and environmental perspectives.

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References:
1. www.dmtcl.gov.bd
2. www.jica.go.jp
3. www.adb.org
4. www.dhakatribune.com
5. https://en.m.wikipedia.org
6. www.ari.buet.ac.bd
7. www.fbs-du.com
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka_Metro_Rail
9. www.researchgate.net
10. https://www.thedailystar.net/tags/dhaka-metro-rail-project
11. https://www.gazionlineschool.com/dhaka-metro-rail-project-essay/

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