DHAKA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — The most important line of Bangladesh’s first metro with 16 elevated stations started business operations on Saturday, setting one other milestone within the South Asian nation’s transportation historical past.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the second a part of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT Line)-6, which is taken into account the principle line of the metro rail, from Dhaka’s Agargaon to Motijheel space at a ceremony within the capital.
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, a Bangladeshi state-owned enterprise, is behind the 20.1-km metro, with work being carried out by Japanese, Thai, Chinese, Indian and Bangladeshi corporations.
Bangladesh borrowed funds from the Japan International Cooperation Agency to finance the metro rail undertaking in phases.
Bangladesh stepped right into a speedy electric-commuting period after the opening of the primary section of MRT Line-6 of the metro rail from Dhaka’s Uttara to Agargaon space in December final yr.