Mentioning that the overall progress of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is at about 80 per cent, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Sunday that the project will be inaugurated within May or by the first week of June next year.
"Tomorrow Hon'ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally open 100 new bridges from Ganabhaban virtually," he told reporters after opening two lanes to traffic on the 2.3-km Tongi Flyover at Gazipur.
Quader, also the Awami League General Secretary, said on November 26, 2022, the primer will join virtually the closing ceremony of one tube of the two-tube Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel being constructed beneath the Karnaphuli River.
He said the estimated total cost of the 2.5-kilometre Greater Dhaka Sustainable Urban Transport Project (BRT, Gazipur-Airport) project is about Tk 4,268 crore.
Of the amount, Tk 1,425 crore will come from the government exchequer while Tk 2.842 crore will come as project assistance, he said.
Quader said the project is being implemented with the support of the government of Bangladesh, the Asian Development Bank, the French Development Agency and the Global Environment Facility.
Roads and Highways Department, Bangladesh Bridges Authority and the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) are jointly implementing this project, the minister said.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammal Haque, State Minister for Youth and Sports Md Zahid Ahsan Rasel, Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam, Gazipur City Corporation Acting Mayor Asadur Rahman Karin, Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, Bridges Division Secretary Md Manzur Hossain, Road Transport and Highways Chief Engineer AKM Monir Hossain Pathan, Roads and Gazipur City Awami League President Azmat Ullah Khan were, among others, present.
