The overall progress of construction work of 21.26km-long elevated metro rail service from Uttara to Motijheel-Kamalapur railway stands at 72.99 per cent now, while 89.88 per cent civil work between Uttara and Agargaon has been done.
“At present, 11.73 kilometer viaduct, station column and other related works of metro rail between Uttara and Agargaon have been completed,” Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL) MAN Siddique told BSS on Sunday.
He said construction work of Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) Line-6, the country’s first elevated metro rail system in Dhaka city under the fast track projects, is going on in full swing targeting to open it for commercial operation by next year.
Siddique said the metro train undertaken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, began its mainline performance test on viaduct in October, which will require six months.
“Before commercial run of the metro rail, we have to carry out integrated test and trial run,” he added.
According to the project details, the eighth set of metro train reached the Mongla port, while ninth and 10th shipment of metro train set will reach the country in January 2022.
The total 21.26km metro rail project is being built in eight packages.
The overall physical progress of the first phase construction from Uttara to Agargaon is 89.88 per cent and second phase progress from Agargaon to Motijheel is 71.82 per cent, while the overall progress stood at 72.99 per cent.
The details said work of check boring, test pile, main pile, pile cap, eye guarders, precast segment casting, pier head, viaduct, parapet wall on viaduct, long span balanced cantilever, sub-structure of all stations concourse roof, platforms and steel roof structure under the package 3 and 4 completed, while 76.18 per cent overall progress of package 5 has been done.
Besides, installation of roof sheet on Uttara Uttar, Uttara South, Pallabi, Mirpur-11, Mirpur-10 and Agargaon stations were completed, while work is going on to set up roof sheet on Uttara Centre, Kazipara and Shewrapa stations. Construction work of Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Karwan Bazar stations are going fast.
The project details said the land development work of depot (package-I) area has been done, which started on September 8, 2016 and completed nine months earlier.
The construction progress of telecommunication, power substation, signalling and rooms for station controller under package-7 stood at 79.20 per cent.
The managing director said workforce engaged in the MRT Line-6 construction works are being checked for Covid-19 symptoms at the primary stage and at the secondary stage, selected persons are being tested for Covid-19 through dedicated sample collection centres for the project.
In order to deal with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a 10-bed isolation centre (Field Hospital) at the Gabtoli construction site and a 14-bed isolation centre (Field Hospital) at Uttara Panchabati construction yard were constructed, he said, adding that if necessary, more residential establishments will be built.
The project details said the metro rail is projected to carry 60,000 passengers per hour by travelling the entire route of 21.26km from Uttara to Motijheel-Kamalapur railway station in less than 40 minutes.
The iconic stations will be at Diabari, Mirpur and Motijheel, while other stations will be constructed ordinarily.
