Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Agargaon-Motijheel section of metro rail on October 20, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday.
A rally will be held at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital at 3pm on October 20, marking the inauguration, the minister said while exchanging views with journalists at the conference room of the ministry in the secretariat.
Meanwhile, the 11.5km stretch of Dhaka Elevated Expressway – from Kawla to Farmgate – will be opened on September 2. On this occasion, a rally will be held at the old trade fair ground in Dhaka’s Agargaon.
The construction of the northern route of MRT Line 5 will be inaugurated on September 16, Quader also said.
On October 28, a rally will be held in Chattogram’s Anwara upazila to mark the inauguration of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will virtually inaugurate 140 bridges, 12 overpasses across the country from the newly-constructed Sarak Bhaban in Dhaka on October 22. A vehicle inspection centre will also be inaugurated at the same time.
