Metro Rail to Speed up the Life of Dhaka Residents

Dhaka Metro Rail Overview

Dhaka, known as one of the megacities in the world, capital of millions of people from across Bangladesh. When you step up on a road in Dhaka, you would notice how fast the life of residents is going every day. Without a lockdown, in the surge of the pandemic, the inhabitants used to lead their lives to cope up with the curse of the city’s heavy traffic on roads.

It would not be an exaggeration If someone claims that approximately within four hours he reached Dhaka airport yet could not check in his hotel in Gulshan, only a few kilometers away from the airport, at the following time he took to move from one country to another country. You cannot analyze or cover up the time that the residents waste on a regular basis by sticking on the road. Sometimes your watch goes too fast, the indicator moves on for two or three hours, but your vehicle cannot proceed a single step on!

In a sarcastic scene you also observe that while the transportations are getting stuck on the road, drivers of public transportation start off the engines, take a rest, participate in gossip, even take a nap on the bus but do not know when they can kick off their engine.

But every hassle has an end, residents of the city are totally fed upon their life, eagerly waiting for the alternative that would make their life easy, searching for a remedy from heavy traffic.

Metro | The Main Component of the Upcoming Days

Metro Rail - Main Component of that City Braces

Over 15 million people of the city may get rid of the curse of the traffic jams by the giant metro rail project. The project will contribute to easing transportation for residents of the city, one of the world’s most densely populated capitals infamous for unbridled traffic jams.

A few years back execution of the plan started, now, around one-third of Bangladesh’s first elevated metro rail project in Dhaka city has been completed.

According to the road transport and bridges minister, the construction work is going on in full swing aiming to be completed by the end of 2021, said at a recent seminar in Dhaka on the planned time frame of the project.

How Metro Rail Speed Up the Life

Time-Saver

Time-Saver

The fast metro rail will carry around 60,000 passengers in an hour running through each of the 16 stations once every four minutes, an official said while placing the progress report.

Once the dream of the city is in operation, city dwellers would enjoy the much-awaited blessing in the traffic movement and get rid of the rampant traffic jam.

It is also expected that people could reach Matijeel from Uttara within 38 minutes which currently takes more than two hours, sometimes even more due to deadlock on roads.

Financial Benefit

Financial Benefit

As stated in the national newspaper, the daily star, the project will save $2.4 billion a year, equivalent to 1.5% of GDP and 17% of the total tax revenue of Bangladesh, citing a government estimation.

We know how traffic jams cause giant economic loss for Bangladesh, and Dhaka ranks at the top in incurring the loss, according to reports.

The traffic congestion in Dhaka is causing a loss of $4.4 billion annually, which is equal to 11% of the national budget, according to a study by the Accident Research Institute (ARC) at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2018.

A World Bank report in 2017 on Dhaka’s traffic jam estimated that city dwellers are facing a waste of 3.8 million work hours daily due to the traffic jam.

Siddique said that the metro project will change the look of Dhaka city and play a revolutionary role in the city's traffic system.

Expats who are willing to settle in Dhaka and looking for a permanent address by buying a flat or apartment and spend a happy life with a family can dive towards Dhaka for the future desired destination.