The construction progress of the much needed metro rail project (MRT line-6) has only been 12% since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the inauguration stone on October 31, 2013. The pillars of the metro rail line will be erected in the next six months and we hope to see the metro rail open in 2019,” said the minister while visiting the project’s depot in Uttara on Wednesday. The metro rail projectThe metro rail (MRT line-6) project is being constructed in eight phases at a cost of Tk22,000 crore. The 20.1 kilometre long metro rail (MRT line-1) between Uttara to Motijheel is being constructed under the supervision of Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Company. The metro rail will come to the stations every 3.5 minutes, and it will take 37 minutes for the train to travel between Motijheel to Uttara.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 11, 2017 19:30 UTC