Country Presentation: Bangladesh  

05 November 20151

Joint ESCAP‐KEC Seminar on Asian Highway

Became Independent in 

1971

Area of 147000 Sqkm

Above 150 million People

Most densely populated country 

in the world 

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Bangladesh Domestic 

Airport ( 9 nos)

BangladeshWaterways5968 km

Bangladesh Roadways 270565 km  (World Bank 

2013)

Bangladesh Railway  2877 kms

1735

5766 72

110

168

9.1822.4

38.7649.5 52.56

80.3

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1974‐75 1984‐85 1988‐89 1992‐93 1996‐97 2004‐05 2012‐13

Billion

‐km

Total Output in Billion Km Share of Road Transport

Roads dominate passenger share

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2.64.8 6.3

9 10

18.6

34.6

0.91 2.304 3.7175.49 6.3

13.392

28.5

1974‐75 1984‐85 1988‐89 1992‐93 1996‐97 2004‐05 2012‐13

Billion

 Ton

ne‐km

Total Output in Billion Tonne‐Km Share of Road Transport

Roads dominate freight transportation

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Transport sector in Bangladesh contributes 8.27 percent of GDP of which road sector alone contributes 5.28 percent 

Road Building Organizations

Roads and Highways Department

Local Government and Engineering Department

City Corporations

Rajdhani ( Capital) Development Authority

Local Government Institutes

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Road Accidents in Bangladesh

Increasing rate of road crash fatalities ‐becoming more prominent and alarming 

Road accident took 2735 lives and another 2000 injures

Loss to our economy—1 to 3 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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Type of RoadType of Accident

Total PercentageFatal 

AccidentNon‐Fatal Accident

National Highways 31% 10.7% 41.7%

Regional Highways 9.8% 3.3% 13.1%

Feeder Roads 10.82% 3.48% 14.3%

Rural Roads 5.76% 1.44% 7.2%

City Areas 11.73% 11.97% 23.7%

Total 69.3% 30.7% 100%

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ARI, (BUET)  studied  during the period of 1998‐2010 and revealed that around 76.3% road traffic crash occurred in outside city areas and 23.7% crash occurred in city areas. LGED road only 7.2%.

Source: ARI‐BUET

Road Accident Statistics in Bangladesh

Black Spots on Highways

• Some 227 black spots have been identified • 27 black spots – already improved• 56 black spots are being improved now under three projects

• A project taken to address 144 spots

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Black Spot improved on Dhaka‐ArichaHighway where a tragic accident took two celebrities of Bangladesh in August 2012

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Congestion in Dhaka City Today – Everyday 

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Intelligent Transport System– not yet established 

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Challenges

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• Road Safety Scenario/Accident data• Actions taken by RHD to improve Road Safety

Ensuring Traffic Safety

• Effect of Vehicle Overload on RHD Roads (4th power effect)

• Actions taken for Controlling Overload

Controlling Vehicle Overload

• Integrating Other modes of transport• Integrated Multi Modal Policy Formulated

Integrating Multimodal Transport

• Road Fund Board Act• PPP Initiatives• Toll Policy

Securing Sustainable means of Funding

Challenges

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• Natural and man made disasters• Quick recovery by RHD

Protecting Network from Disasters and Climate Change

• Construction of Roads and Bridges in hill, mountains, sea side, haors and flash flood prone areas

Overcoming Difficulties in different 

Geographical conditions

• Acquisition of Religious Structures• Shifting of Gas line, Electric Lines, Optical Fibres etc

Difficulties in Land Acquisition and Utility shifting

• Lack of Construction Equipment and Machinery

Insufficient Equipments of RHD

Road Safety: Infrastructure facilities

Upgrade all 2 lane National highways to 4 lane highways• 309 Km of AH Road is developed as Class I• 70 km of AH is now being improved to 4 lane

Introducing Slow Moving Vehicle (SMV) lane • 50 KM on AH2 has SMV• 70  Km on AH2 will be completed by 2018

Improvement of Black Spot• 81 Black spot already improved• 144 black spot improvement ongoing.

Road Safety: Infrastructure facilities

Axle Load Control Station• At present, 7 seven axle load control stations running

• More 8 stations – planned to established

Safe Pedestrian Crossing• City roads – footover bridge/underpass• Highways ‐ footover bridge

Reshaping Service Standards of Road Network

Improvement of All National Highways (NH) into 4 Lanes within Year 2025

Construction of Service Lanes beside 4/6 Lane Highways for Slow Moving Vehicular Traffic (SMVT)

Construction of Rail Overpass on Rail‐Road Intersections along all NH

Construction of Flyovers/Interchanges in Major Intersections

Improvement of all regional Highways into 4 Lanes within 2041

Improvement of National Highways into Expressways on priority basis

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Shifting from Labor Intensive Road 

Maintenance technique to technology driven Road Maintenance 

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Installing Axle Load Control Stations in Highways of Bangladesh

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Introducing Electronic Toll System

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THANK YOU

We Work for constructing safer roads

AH1 inside BangladeshTamabil

Sylhet

Sherpur

Mirpur

Sarial

Nashingdi

Katchpur

Dhaka (S)

Mawa

Charjanajat

Bhanga

Bhatiapara

Kalna FG

Narail

Jessore

53 km

39 km

45 km

61 km

47 km

38 km

10 km

0 km

29 km

37 km

3 km

24 km

32 km

Total 492 km

35

km

38 km

Benapole

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Sections Length

(Km)

AH Standard Projects

Tamabil Sylhet 55 II FS & DD completed

Sylhet Shaistaganj 40.5 I/II FS & DD completed

Shaistaganj Mirpur 43.25 II FS & DD completed

Mirpur Sarail 61 II FS & DD completed

Sarail Narhsingdi 53 I/II FS & DD completed

Narhsingdi Katchpur 33.5 I/II FS & DD completed

Katchpur Dhaka (South) 8 I Already upgraded

Dhaka (South) Mawa 35 I/II FS & DD completed

Mawa Charjanajat 6.15 Padma Multipurpose Bridge

Charjanajat Bhanga 22.25 II FS & DD completed

Bhanga Bhatiapara 38 II FS & DD ongoing

Bhatiapara Kalna FG 3 III FS & DD ongoing

Kalna FG Narail 24 III, Bellow III FS & DD ongoing

Narail Jessore 32 II FS & DD ongoing

Jessore Benapole 38 II FS & DD ongoing

Projects on AH1

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AH2 inside BangladeshTamabil

Sylhet

Sherpur

Sarail

Narshingdi

Katchpur

Dhaka (N)

Kaliakoir

Elenga

Hatikamrul

Bogra

Gobindagonj

Ranjgpur

Beldanga

53 km

39 km

61 km

47 km

38 km

10 km

20 km

50 km

40 km

56 km

34 km

71 km

67 km

Panchagarh

76 km

Banglabandha

56 km

Joydevpur

20 k

m

Total 517 km

22 km

Dhaka (S)

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Sections km Class Projects

Dhaka (South) Dhaka (North) 20 I Developed

Dhaka (North) Joydevpur 22 I Developed

Joydevpur Kaliakoir 22 II SASEC Road Connectivity Project ongoing

Kariakoir Elenga 49 II SASEC Road Connectivity Project ongoing

Elenga Hatikamrul 41 II FS & DD completed

Hatikamrul Bogra 55.5 II FS & DD completed

Bogra Gonbindaganj 34 .25 II FS & DD completed

Gonbindaganj Rangpur 66.5 II FS & DD completed

Rangpur Beldanga 72.5 II FS & DD ongoing

Beldanga Panchagarh 78.25 II FS & DD ongoing

Panchagarh Banglabandha 56 II FS & DD ongoing

Projects on AH2

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AH41 inside BangladeshTeknaf

C ’BazarCox’s Bazar

Keranirhat

Chittagong

Feni

Moinamoti

Daudkandi

Dhaka (N)

Joydevpur

Kaliakoir

Elenga

Banpara

Dasuria

87 km

92 km

49 km

88 km

63 km

43 km

26 km

22 km

20 km

50 km

40 km

51 km

23 km

Paksey

9 km

Kushtia

31 km

Dhaka (S)

20 k

m

Total 762 km

Jhenaidah

Jessore

Khulna

Mongla

45 km

62 km

43 km

10 km

42 k

m

Katchpur

Hatikamrul

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