In Dhaka city, where horrendous traffic congestion is seen on regular basis, metro rail will ease Dhaka’s traffic gridlock partially. Metro rail will provide commuters with a sophisticated transport service that is contemporary, time-bound, and comfortable. With numerous benefits of it, it would face a small number of issues including appropriate management of it.
The dream of having a metro rail in Dhaka city is going to be fulfilled finally as the construction of metro rail is going on in a full swing. The government’s relentless efforts have been seen to reduce traffic congestion in the city. This is why, the government has taken several initiatives, such as the expressway project, Fly-over project and Metro rail project to make a comfortable journey in the city. It is expected that metro rail will carry the passenger by 2022.
The metro rail will bring down the travel time by 50 per cent to 70 per cent. It is worthwhile to mention that once complete, the metro train will be able to carry 60, 000 passengers an hour. Moreover, the estimated time to travel, from Uttara to Motijheel, is 35 minutes despite having 16 stations. Now it takes approximately two hours to travel the same distance on a working day.
The fact that the metro rail tends to occupy approximately about two-meter width of the road for elevated rail, and at the same time, it can carry more passengers compared to traditional transport system will the road capacity and bring some relief for the commuters, who have to commute for various purposes in the Dhaka city regularly. Therefore, the metro rail would be convenient to lessen traffic jam in the city.
Besides, it will contribute to reducing fuel wastage and environmental pollution. The city has seen a surge of private vehicles which occupy close to 75 per cent of the road and carry only five per cent of the citizen of Dhaka city. On the other side, the metro rail train would facilitate to travel of five per cent people of the city at a time. Consequently, it has become popular across the globe.
More importantly, this project will give a boost to the whole economy. It is likely to trigger women empowerment and social equity as women, physically disabled person, and vulnerable segment of society can commute easily, comfortably at affordable cost, a fact that would encourage them to take part in economic activities.
Despite having myriad benefits of it, a small number of drawback remain in this project. Because the project will deal with a large number of people, management of this project, for instance cleaning the train, would be challenging. Not only that, its initial cost of this project is high; moreover acquisition of land may disturb numerous people’s livelihood, especially for the poor and middle-income groups. Apart from this, its construction phase would hamper the peace and tranquillity of the city. Air pollution and noise would go up substantially during the construction period that may exacerbate sufferings for the city dwellers.
Reliable projects, such as Metro Rail, plays a crucial role in socio-economic progress for a country. The country now basks with pride and glory as the metro rail is whistling into reality. The citizen of the country is hopeful that this project will relieve from horrendous traffic congestion.
In Dhaka city, where horrendous
traffic
congestion is
seen
on regular basis,
metro
rail
will
ease
Dhaka’s
traffic
gridlock
partially
.
Metro
rail
will provide commuters with a sophisticated transport service
that is
contemporary, time-bound, and comfortable. With numerous benefits of it, it would face a
small
number of issues including appropriate management of it.
The dream of having a
metro
rail
in Dhaka city is going to
be fulfilled
finally
as the construction of
metro
rail
is going on in a full swing. The
government
’s relentless efforts have been
seen
to
reduce
traffic
congestion in the city. This is why, the
government
has taken several initiatives, such as the expressway
project
,
Fly
-over
project
and
Metro
rail
project
to
make
a comfortable journey in the city. It is
expected
that
metro
rail
will
carry
the passenger by 2022.
The
metro
rail
will bring down the
travel
time
by 50 per cent to 70 per cent. It is worthwhile to mention that once complete, the
metro
train will be able to
carry
60, 000 passengers an hour.
Moreover
, the estimated
time
to
travel
, from
Uttara
to
Motijheel
, is 35 minutes despite having 16 stations.
Now
it takes approximately two hours to
travel
the same distance on a working day.
The fact that the
metro
rail
tends to occupy approximately about two-meter width of the road for elevated
rail
, and at the same
time
, it can
carry
more passengers compared to traditional transport system will the road capacity and bring
some
relief for the commuters, who
have to
commute for various purposes in the Dhaka city
regularly
.
Therefore
, the
metro
rail
would be convenient to lessen
traffic
jam in the city.
Besides
, it will contribute to reducing fuel wastage and environmental pollution. The city has
seen
a surge of private vehicles which occupy close to 75 per cent of the road and
carry
only
five per cent of the citizen of Dhaka city. On the other side, the
metro
rail
train would facilitate to
travel
of five per cent
people
of the city at a
time
.
Consequently
, it has become popular across the globe.
More
importantly
, this
project
will give a boost to the whole economy. It is likely to trigger women empowerment and social equity as women,
physically
disabled person, and vulnerable segment of society can commute
easily
,
comfortably
at affordable cost, a fact that would encourage them to
take part
in economic activities.
Despite having myriad benefits of it, a
small
number of drawback remain in this
project
.
Because
the
project
will deal with
a large number of
people
, management of this
project
,
for instance
cleaning the train, would be challenging. Not
only
that, its initial cost of this
project
is high;
moreover
acquisition of land may disturb numerous
people
’s livelihood,
especially
for the poor and middle-income groups. Apart from this, its construction phase would hamper the peace and
tranquillity
of the city. Air pollution and noise would go up
substantially
during the construction period that may exacerbate sufferings for the city dwellers.
Reliable
projects
, such as
Metro
Rail
, plays a crucial role in
socio-economic
progress for a country. The country
now
basks with pride and glory as the
metro
rail
is whistling into reality. The citizen of the country is hopeful that this
project
will relieve from horrendous
traffic
congestion.