All,
This might be a good proposal but I think we should ask ourselves if this project is feasible to miantain and keep operational. I like to ask few questions about this project and should have through analysis before we commit to do this:
1) Since we get flood every year, what will happen if this underground metro system submerged and what will be the cost to drain water from this underground system. I am not sure this will have any long term benefit with its cost of maintaining and flooding situation can cause harm in long term for this project. Flood situation will be worst in years to come for global warming in Bangladesh.
We need to think about flyover or build highway system with train lines at the proposed underground metro system location.
2) Security will be a issue to maintain this ground metro system. We have so much violent political parties that any body can use this ground metro system for a bargain chips. Anybody can start underground fire since secure the whole line will be tremendous of job and so many people will travel through this lines. If we see NYC subway system how it operates and how tough it is to keep the system secure, we should rethink if we ever want this kind of system in Bangladesh or not.
So personally I think that this project will be a disaster in term of money that will be invested and its maintaining, security and operational cost.
I will urge CTG to think twice and have through analysis with future benefits, security, cost and everything since we are talking about $1 Billion dollar project in a poor country like us.
Anybody can comments on this topics.
--M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu)
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Bangladesh capital to build metro system
DHAKA (AFP) — Bangladesh plans to build an underground railway in Dhaka in the next five years at a cost of one billion dollars to ease traffic in one of the world's most congested capitals, an official said Monday.
"The government has decided to build an underground railway network in the capital. The Board of Investment will soon invite international bidding for the contract," communications ministry spokesman Aminul Islam said.
The proposed 52-kilometre (32-mile) subway will ferry up to 90,000 people an hour on six lines in the capital of 12 million where an estimated 400,000 cars, buses, trucks and motorcycles vie with people, rickshaws and hand-pulled carts for space on narrow roads.
The government will give preference to consortiums which could provide finance and recoup the investment through fare charges within three decades, Islam said.
A military-backed emergency government that came to power in January following months of political unrest that led to polls being cancelled has bulldozed thousands of homes and buildings in Dhaka to ease congestion.
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