Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Proposed Metro Rail in Chattogram City


Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) plans to launch three Metrorails in the city. As per plan of the City Corporation three Metro rail routes of total 54 kilometers long will be:
  1. From Kalurghat to Chittagong Airport – 26 km
  2. From City Gate to Shah Amanat Bridge – 13 km
  3. From Oxygen to AK Khan Bus stop – 14 km

In these proposed Metro Rail route:
  • In the total 54 km route there will be 47 numbers of stations.
  • Distance between each station will be from 700 meters to 2.4 km.
  • Average speed of Metro rail in these routes will be 45 km per hour.
  • It will be possible to transport up to 60,000 passengers per hour from both sides metro train route.

On July 2019, in the conference room of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC), under the consulting firm of Basosthan Engineers and Consultants Limited, Dr. Sohrab Uddin, Dr. M Azadur Rahman, Md. Mahbubul Alam from BUET with 25 numbers of high-powered team provided in a pre-qualification survey report of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT).

Chattogram City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin was the chief guest and Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) chairman Md. Zahirul Alam Dovash was special guest on the occasion.


Others guests were also present on the occasion, the CUET VC Rafiqul Alam, Engineer Subhash Barua, Engineer Ali Ashraf, Engineer Md. Harun, former Director of Chittagong Chambers Mr. Mahfuzul Haque Shah, Architect Sohail Shakur, chief engineer of CCC Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed, Caretaker engineer of Roads and Highways department Mr. Bidhan Roy, Chief engineer of the Power Development Board, Prabir Kumar Sen, CDA chief engineer Hasan Bin Shams, Chief planner of CCC and Rezaul Karim etc.

The CCC Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin said that at present the Metrorail is a well-established communication system inside city. The proposed report is also a positive one. He also said that implementation of the project is time-consuming.

Engineers and road experts present at the event also expressed their views in favor of Metrorail to reduce traffic congestion and reduce public transport costs in Chattogram city.

We need to wait to see the future of this project! What do you think ?


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