Metro Rail in Dhaka City

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Name IDZunayet Hasan Shibly 16106024Md. Hasan Ali 16106021Tusher Chowdhury 16106022Rasna Sharmin Shorna 16106023Hassibul Hossain 16106025

Contents: What is metro rail? History of metro rail Present Traffic Condition of Dhaka City Reasons behind Present Traffic Condition of Dhaka City Dhaka Metro rail Project Financing Necessary testing and others Service of Dhaka metro rail Proposed route of Dhaka metro rail Benefit of Dhaka metro rail project Disadvantages of Dhaka Metro rail project Conclusion

What is a metro rail???

Figure: Proposed Metro rail of Dhaka.

Source: Google Images

• Metro Rail is a Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS).

• It is a convenient, fast, efficient, reliable, modern, user friendly, comfortable and affordable mode of urban transport.

• It is safe and eco-friendly.

• It is electric and requires only 1/5th energy per passenger km compared to road based transport systems.

• Brings about a more equitable allocation of road space by encouraging greater use of public transport.

Metro Rail

Source: Wikipedia

History of metro Rail

THE world's first metro, now the world's oldest system, is the London Underground in England, which is more commonly known as the Tube, which was opened in 1863.

THE world's longest metro system is the Shanghai Metro in China which is 434 kilometers long.

THE metro system with the most number of stations in the world is the New York City Subway in U.S.A, with four hundred and twenty two stations.

THE country with the highest number of metro systems in the world is the USA with subway systems situated in at thirty two cities.

Figure: Making of World’s First Metro Rail system in London.Source: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/sep/10/-sp-history-metro-pictures-london-underground-new-york-beijing-seoul

Present Traffic Condition of Dhaka City

Reasons behind Present Traffic Condition of

Dhaka City The minimum road requirement for a standard city is 25% whereas Dhaka city has only 7.5% roads.

Large numbers of trucks and buses.

EPZ (Export Processing Zone) area near the Dhaka city.

Thousands of outnumbered rickshaws.

Thousands of hawkers here and there.

Insufficient walkways.

Not enough spaces to build wide roads.

Most common problem is increasing numbers of populations.

Dhaka Metro rail Project Financing:oTransport sector has received around Tk 28,700 crore which is 23.8% of the total development budget for the FY2015-16.

o Tk 22,000 crore allocated for the metro rail project

oJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has confirmed they will provide Tk 16,600 crore of the project's total cost while Bangladesh government will bear the rest.

43%57%

Financed by Bangladesh

Financed by JICA

Source: http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/9330

Projected Dhaka Metro Rail

Source: Google Images

Necessary Testing and Others

Soil & other supporting testing at 120 points already have done.

Figure: Soil testing for Dhaka Metro Rail project.

Source: Google Images

Service of Dhaka Metro Rail

A train with six air-conditioned coaches will operate every four minutes travel from Uttara to Motijheel in just 38 minutes

A total of 24 such trains would carry 60,000 passengers every hour to both directions.

The metro rail will have stations at 16 points of the city.

Source: http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2015/12/05/4149

Source: CNN News

Benefits of Dhaka Metro Rail project

Fast and affordable transport system.

Can carry a lot of passengers at the same time.

Passengers don’t have to face any kind of traffic jam.

Specific stations for exit and entrance.

Energy saving transport system ( Specially fuel efficiency)

Disadvantages of Dhaka Metro Rail project

The route isn’t changeable.

Sometimes the trains can become overcrowded.

A huge investments is required.

May require a huge govt. subsidy.

Will be available for specific locations.

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 truly an impressive step.

Thank you.

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