LRT | Light Rail Transit Service | Electric Train in Narayangonj

Government of the Bangladesh has planned to set up 23 kilometer long two LRT - electric rail line in Narayanganj city. On Tuesday, 20^th November, 2018 the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs presided over by the Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, he has approved a policy proposal for setting up of Light Rail Transit (LRT) at Narayanganj City Corporation area. The Narayangonj LRT project has been proposed on the basis of G2G and implementation of PPP system.

Narayanganj is an important city, considering its commercial and industrial growth, its port facility, any planning should have projection of future traffic in the city. Using the LRT electric trains around one lac 20 thousand passengers will be able to travel every day on these routes. This LRT rail route in Narayangonj city will set up a framework for how the City will respond to its future transportation needs.

The LRT - Light Rail Transit is a form of urban rail transit using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way. The electric rail mass transit – provides an exceptionally clean, energy-efficient form of mobility. The transport system moves passengers quickly from place to place on a permanent rail track. Also called a fast tram service, these modes of transportation can be a single car or multiple cars coupled together.

The LRT contributes to the City’s vitality by ensuring accessibility for everyone, links to a great number of destinations and integration with other modes of transportation. LRT expansion helps ensure a transportation system that provides mobility and choice for everyone, every day. Bringing LRT to all sectors of the city, making transit an accessible, easy choice for all.

Benefits / Features of LRT - Light Rail Transit system:

• Ensuring sustainable transit
• Increase traffic safety
• Managing traffic congestion to facilitate mobility across the City
• Links to more destinations and more direct transit, pedestrian and cyclist connections
• Reliable, frequent service
• Integration of LRT with land use development to support healthy, active lifestyles
• Saving money on fuel, parking and vehicle maintenance
• Convenient, reliable mobility for all Edmontonians
• Creating smaller-scale stations spaced closer together
• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

The Rapid KL is a public transportation system built by Prasarana Malaysia which is very much popular in the country. The Rapid Rail currently operates five rail lines comprising the Ampang, Sri Petaling, Kelana Jaya, KL Monorail and MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Lines. This rapid transit system was known as "Rapid KL" operates on standard gauge.

After the meeting the additional secretary of the Cabinet Division Mosammat Nasima Begum said that "Light Rapid Transit is a public transport system. Passengers will be transported from one place to another through electric trains." She also informed that 388 cities in the world are using this popular rapid rail transit system. After getting approval from the cabinet committee the feasibility study will be done to find out the possibility of verification of the proposal of introduction of electric train. Will see what will be the cost, who will work, will be final at the time of probability verification.

The routes will be total 23 kilometers long. One of the route lengths will be 11 kilometers which will start from Nitaiganj - Chashara - Signboard area near Dhaka-Chattogram highway. And another route will be around 12 kilometers long from Panchabati – Chashara - Chittagong Road. Both the routs will intersect at Chashara area. There is a framework agreement between the government of Bangladesh and Singapore to work on the basis of G2G. Singapore will work in different sectors including transport, tourism.

Earlier the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) has taken an initiative to construct a light rapid transit (LRT) system as a remedy to the city's traffic congestion, although there is no mention of any such service in the Strategic Transport Plan (STP). The NCC has already sent a proposal to construct LRT rail track to Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) and shared the plan in this regard for its approval. NCC, without conducting any study on viability of the LRT, has proposed to set up the line in two corridors and in elevated way.

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Honda Bikes | Made in Bangladesh

Honda Corporation has started manufacturing Honda Motorcycles in Bangladesh with the motto "Honda will be ahead, along with Bangladesh". Honda will be now will be Made in Bangladesh. From now Honda Brand Bikes will be manufacture here in Bangladesh. Japan's giant Motorbike Factory “Honda Motor Corporation” and Industries Minister of Bangladesh Mr. Amir Hossain Amu inaugurated the factory on 25 acres of land in Abdul Monem Economic Zone (AMEZ) in Munshiganj on Sunday, 11^th November 2018.

Abdul Monem Economic Zone (AMEZ) is located in Gazaria, within two mouzas (Bausia and Jajira) of Gazaria upazilla under Munshiganj district. The area is popularly known as Daudkandi which is located west side of Meghna – Gomti Bridge (Daudkandi Bridge). Total covering area is almost 216 acres of land (with option for expansion up to 300+ acres) of exclusively owned land by Abdul Monem Limited.

MP of Bangladesh Government Mr. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Executive Officer of BEZA Mr. Harunur Rashid, Head of motorcycle department of Honda Motors, Noriyaki Abe, Asia and Oceania chief Masayaki Igarasi, Chief Financial Officer Shah Mohammed Ashikur Rahman were present in the inauguration.

Bangladesh Honda Private Limited (BHL) operates in a single industry segment in Bangladesh under a joint venture between Honda Motor Company Limited, Japan and Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (State Own Corporation) under The Ministry of Industry, The Peoples Republic of Bangladesh. Honda investment in new factory is BDT 190 Crore and 93 Lac and BSESE's investment is BDT 107.77 Crore taka. The total investment in the future will increase to BDT 680 Crores. Employment will be for two thousand people.

Honda Motor Corporation has opened a company jointly in the name of Honda Bangladesh Limited (BHL) with partner to the Government agency Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC). Honda has plans to increase the number of manufacturing motorcycles in the factory within a year, they will manufacture two lacs bikes in the year 2021.

The Company was incorporated in Bangladesh on 4^th December, 2012 as a private limited company and a joint venture agreement was signed on 27^th September, 2012. The commercial production of the company started again from November 01, 2013 with the symbol of Honda two wheelers, the “Wings”.

Now Honda Corporation will make an appeal to the government to write 'Made in Bangladesh' on the new motorcycle manufactured. Tax will be lower after getting this recognition. The company said the permission about “Made in Bangladesh” will reduce the price of motorcycle.

Bangladesh Honda Private Limited organized an inauguration program on 11^th November at the factory in Abdul Monem Economic Zone. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu was present as the chief guest. Industries Minister congratulated Honda for the completion of construction of the factory on time. He urged Japanese companies to invest in car manufacturing in the country. Apart from this, the officials of different government and Honda headquarters and local offices were present.

After the ceremony, the officials of the factory told about the different aspects and specialties of the factory. They said, initially the new factory will be made motorcycle structure or body frame and switch arm. Welding and Painting work will also be done in the factory then adds the remaining machines and parts. However, soon Honda will be able to make a piece of these parts.

BHL Managing Director Yoshiro Ishi said, localization has started with the new factory in Bangladesh. In future, most parts will be made in this country. About the price he said, the government will now have to apply for tax rebate. After getting the tax deduction, the price will be reduced accordingly. It is not possible to say how much it will be reduced for now.

Japanese ambassador Hirosu Izumi said earlier in Dhaka that the Honda plant will have a positive impact on Japanese investment in Bangladesh. Paban Chowdhury, executive chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA), said that a special economic zone only for the Japanese is going to launch in the country and the government is positive about another establishment.

Honda Motor Corporation's Senior Managing Director Yoshi Yaman said that Honda has sold 1 million 95 million motorcycles worldwide last year. Honda does not give any discounts to the quality of the field.

For more details please visit official website of Bangladesh Honda Private Limited.

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Dhaka to Jashore new Railway Track via Padma Bridge

At present Dhaka- Jessore journey via the existing railway track takes almost 6 hours which is almost same as via road way. But after implementation of the new Padma Bridge railway project, people of the southwestern zone of the country will be able to reach to the capital within a short time, approximately two and half hour. It will improve the socio-economic condition of people of this zone. If the Padma Bridge rail project is implemented, then GDP of the country will approximately increase 1 percent.

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction work of Padma Bridge Rail Project on Mawa. The Padma Bridge project is in progress at a fast pace. If the project is implemented, it will take only two and a half hours from Dhaka to Jessore to travel by rail which will definitely provide a positive impact to the economy of the country.

It is known that the work started on 1^st January, 2016 and the expiration of the project is till 3^rd June, 2024. The total cost of the project is fixed at BDT 39,248.88 Crore. Government of Bangladesh will provide BDT 18,210.11 Crore, the assistance of the Chinese government is BDT 21,036.69 Crore. For the construction of the railway, a total of 365.10 hectares of land will need to be acquired.

On 8^th August, 2016 the Commercial contract agreement was signed with the China Railway Group Limited. After a long wait, the intervention of the Government of Bangladesh signed a US$ 2666.94 million loan agreement with Chinese Exim Bank on 27^th April, 2018. The construction agreement was implemented on 3^rd July, 2018.

The railway track has started from Dhaka, it will go via Narayanganj, Munshiganj on the Padma Bridge due to Jessore which is 172 kilometers long. There will be total 20 stations between Dhaka - Jessore railway track, among them 14 stations will be new and other 6 old stations will be rebuilt and renovated. The train will run at a speed of around 120 KM by broad gauge single line. Land acquisition ends till Dhaka to Bhanga. The second phase will start from the Bhanga to Jessore. The total work will be completed approximately within 6-8 months.

Between the Dhaka-Jessore railway track 14 new stations will be: Keraniganj, Nimtala, Shreenagar, Mawa, Jajira, Shibchar, Bhanga Junction, Nagarkanda, Muksudpur, Maheshpur, Lohagara, Narail, Jamadia and Padmabilla. Beside, the existing Dhaka, Gendaria, Bhanga, Kashiani, Rupdia and Singiya railway stations will be renovated. All the railway stations will have modern signaling system. The track will be able to carry a maximum of 25 tons of excel load. Total 66 big bridges and 244 small bridges will be constructed on this track.

In the track, rail and road divisions will be under passed, optical fiber telecommunications system, viaduct, rough-way, rail crossings, rail over bridges, project offices and victims of rehabilitation centers. The modern railroad system has been added to any other track in the country before. Topographic Surveys, Hydrographic Surveys, Soil Investigation works is going to end recent. After the end of the soil test, the original design work will begin. Land acquisition near Nimtala and Srinagar is almost done.

The DORP (Development Organization of the Rural Poor) an NGO has assisted the Bangladesh Railway on CSC (Construction Supervision Consultant). The CSC is composed of local engineer, foreign consultant, Bangladesh Army and BUET. The project had to acquire 1700 acres of land. DORP is working to help the victims whose land has been acquired to get appropriate compensation. The target is to avoid any damage to agriculture land.

A 23-kilometer long elevated viaduct will be constructed without any unbundled railway line. There will be two platforms, one main line and 2 loop line railway stations and elevators installed on elevated viaduct. Underpass will be constructed for the road by the bottom of the 11 meter high railway track, so that trains, cars can be transported uninterrupted and safely in both directions.

Cement mix pills are being used for soft sail treatment. Construction of the bridge transit curve is being done. Construction of 30 level crossing gates, computer-based signaling system will be maintained at 20 stations between this railway track, there will be a central train control system at the Dhaka station. Passenger cars will be collected for broad gauge 100.

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