Govt thinking about mass transit in city, says CA
Friday, 6 June 2008
As a package plan for improving the capital's transportation system was unveiled, Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday said that the government is thinking about mass transit in the city so that huge people can smoothly move at a time, reports UNB.
He said though implementation of such mass-transport scheme is a matter of long time, but the decision should be taken now. He mentioned some options of mass transit, including underground train and human hauler.
The head of caretaker government made the remarks while inaugurating the under-implementation Airport Road-Rokeya Sarani (Agargaon-Mirpur 10) Link Road on the western side of Tejgaon Old Airport.
The 2.6-km-long and 53-foot-wide four-lane link-road will connect the roads of east and west sides of the old airport joining in front of the Chief Adviser's office and Agargaon area passing inside the peripheral side of the old airport.
Implementation of the project involves a cost of around Tk 250 million, and it is expected to be completed by this October, two months ahead of the targeted time.
The link-road is being constructed by the Engineering Core of Bangladesh Army with Dhaka City Corporation as implementation organisation, and the Local Government Division of LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry as initiator.
The objective of the project is to establish connection between east and west parts of Tejgaon Old Airport, reduce traffic congestion on roads adjacent to the old airport, and improve transportation and ensure continuous movement of vehicles by the end part of Mohakhali Flyover.
Advisers, special assistants to Chief Adviser, chiefs of the three services, and civil and military officials were present at the function.
BUET teacher Dr Shamsul Huq briefed about 10 projects on road and bridge communications in the capital, including Airport-Rokeya Sarani, of which some are ongoing and some are under process.
Two other BUET teachers - Dr Mojibur Rahman and Dr Jubaer-bin-Alam - also briefed about city communications networks and some projects.
The ongoing projects have been taken up under the personal initiative of the Chief Adviser for reducing the nagging traffic congestion in the capital.
The Chief Adviser said the present government, besides other activities, is also giving attention to resolve the traffic congestion.
Mentioning that the Strategic Transport Plan (STP) has been endorsed by the Advisory Council, he hoped that various policies and projects would be taken up under this comprehensive plan in the future.
Referring to various ongoing projects of road-bridge communications in the city, he said, "The objective of taking such initiative is to resolve the traffic congestion in a short time." He said the government would also take initiative to construct underpasses.
Referring to Hatirjheel project in the city, he said the project is important both in respect of environment and for reducing traffic jams. "The future generation will enjoy a beautiful environment of the lake being made out of the Hatirjheel."
He said though implementation of such mass-transport scheme is a matter of long time, but the decision should be taken now. He mentioned some options of mass transit, including underground train and human hauler.
The head of caretaker government made the remarks while inaugurating the under-implementation Airport Road-Rokeya Sarani (Agargaon-Mirpur 10) Link Road on the western side of Tejgaon Old Airport.
The 2.6-km-long and 53-foot-wide four-lane link-road will connect the roads of east and west sides of the old airport joining in front of the Chief Adviser's office and Agargaon area passing inside the peripheral side of the old airport.
Implementation of the project involves a cost of around Tk 250 million, and it is expected to be completed by this October, two months ahead of the targeted time.
The link-road is being constructed by the Engineering Core of Bangladesh Army with Dhaka City Corporation as implementation organisation, and the Local Government Division of LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry as initiator.
The objective of the project is to establish connection between east and west parts of Tejgaon Old Airport, reduce traffic congestion on roads adjacent to the old airport, and improve transportation and ensure continuous movement of vehicles by the end part of Mohakhali Flyover.
Advisers, special assistants to Chief Adviser, chiefs of the three services, and civil and military officials were present at the function.
BUET teacher Dr Shamsul Huq briefed about 10 projects on road and bridge communications in the capital, including Airport-Rokeya Sarani, of which some are ongoing and some are under process.
Two other BUET teachers - Dr Mojibur Rahman and Dr Jubaer-bin-Alam - also briefed about city communications networks and some projects.
The ongoing projects have been taken up under the personal initiative of the Chief Adviser for reducing the nagging traffic congestion in the capital.
The Chief Adviser said the present government, besides other activities, is also giving attention to resolve the traffic congestion.
Mentioning that the Strategic Transport Plan (STP) has been endorsed by the Advisory Council, he hoped that various policies and projects would be taken up under this comprehensive plan in the future.
Referring to various ongoing projects of road-bridge communications in the city, he said, "The objective of taking such initiative is to resolve the traffic congestion in a short time." He said the government would also take initiative to construct underpasses.
Referring to Hatirjheel project in the city, he said the project is important both in respect of environment and for reducing traffic jams. "The future generation will enjoy a beautiful environment of the lake being made out of the Hatirjheel."