Transport Policy of Khulna City

Presented To
Tasnim Murad Mamun
Lecturer
Economics Discipline
Khulna University
Presented By: Group ‘C’ (141506, 141507, 141509, 141520,141527)
 Main Objectives of the Policy
Sustainable economic growth with the help of this policy
Mutually beneficial trade with other divisions especially with Dhaka
City
Reducing poverty with increasing employment opportunity in transport
sector
Mitigating climatic impact and developing transport services
Strengthening local government by giving driving training
 Challenges
Lack of safety tools
Lack of maintenance
Railway reform
Lack of importance on waterway transportation
After all, lack of budgetary allocation
 Priorities
Development of Khulna-Dhaka, Khulna-Shatkhira and Khulan-Mongla
Highway
Intra-regional trade should be developed
Vast improvement of small roads and building wide roads
Developing Mongla port with better equipment
Policy response to reduce congestion
 Recommendations
1) Railway development: 4) River dredging
-increasing frequency of rail 5) Local Private operators
-improved station environment 6) Involvement of local NGO
-e-ticketing system 7) Fund development
-corruption free railway system 8) Building airport
2) Multi-model Over-bridge
system
3) Widening roads