DMTCL set to start MRT-5 North depot development work

The Dhaka metro rail company is scheduled to sign a contract on land development work of MRT-5 North depot with a Japan-Bangladesh joint venture company on May 23.
It would be the first contract to start construction of the Hemayetpur-Vatara metro rail line that is planned to go through Gabtoli, Mirpur and Gulshan.
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) selected the TOA Corporation of Japan and Spectra Group of Bangladesh for the land development work of the depot at Hamayetpur.
Officials said the JV would work on soil improvement and land development of 99.25 acres of land at a cost of Tk11.89 billion, including customs duty and value-added tax.
The DMTCL selected the contractor nearly 11 months after the tender was opened on June 27 last year.
Project Director Aftab Uddin Ahmed said that though 19 tender documents were sold, only three companies participated in the bid.
The MRT 5 North line will be a 20-kilometre one and is expected to complete by 2028. It would have both elevated and underground sections with 14 stations to be developed at an estimated cost of Tk 412.39 billion.
According to the project document, the elevated 5.6km will start from Hemayetpur to Aminbazar and the 13.5km underground section will start from Gabtoli to Natunbazar. It will connect with MRT 1 through an interchange.
Like two other MRTs, the Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide a financial assistance of Tk 290 billion for the project.

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