“The Metro Rail is expected to carry 60,000 passengers per hour by traveling the entire route of 20km in less than 40 minutes,” he informed. Steel structure works of Uttara North and Uttara South are underway. Mechanical, electric and plumbing works at Uttara North, Uttara Centre and Uttara South stations have already begun. The stations are Uttara North, Uttara Center, Uttara South, Pallabi, Mirpur-11, Mirpur-10, Kazipara, Shewrapara, Agargaon, Bijoy Sarawni, Framgate, Karwan Bazar, Shahbag, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Secretariat and Motijheel. “If everything goes normal, people of the capital will be able to travel from Diabari to Motijheel on the dream metro rail before scheduled time,” Siddique said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 05, 2020 08:37 UTC