DHAKA, 25 October 2022, (TON): The road transport and bridges ministry signed a contract with a Japanese consultant company to supervise the construction of the first-ever underground mass rapid transit line in the capital to reduce traffic congestion and save journey times.
Officials said “one part of the 31.241 kilometres long MRT line-1, between the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and the Dhaka [Kamalapur] railway station, would be underground.”
The road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, the ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh Ito Naoki and Japan International Cooperation Agency Bangladesh office chief representative Ichiguchi Tomohide joined the contract signing ceremony held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.
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