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This project is a Social Safety Net Programme of the government. My Village My Town: Rural area n/a Proposed [50] Tk1.5 trillion It is a Peri-Urbanisation project for 87,230 villages from 64 district. It is one of the most expensive but necessary project for Bangladesh to go step by step through decentralization.
Dhaka Bypass Expressway is a 48 km (30 mi) under construction controlled-access highway located in the division of Dhaka in Bangladesh. The project constitutes a segment of the Asian Highway network. Its principal objective is to alleviate heavy traffic congestion on access roads and highways passing through the city of Dhaka. [1]
The stipulated time to complete the project was 2008. But it may take more time as only 25 per cent work had so far been completed. According to the project map, there will be 10 bridges, but no tender to this effect was floated. Only 15 kilometer roads inside the project have been completed out of 140 kilometers in the sectors 1, 4, 5, 11, and 17.
The Dhaka Elevated Expressway project commenced in 2011. On 15 December 2013, the Bangladesh Bridge Authority signed a revised agreement with the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway Company Limited, the investment company of the project. [1]
In May 2023, South Korea signed a framework arrangement to provide $1.5 billion in financing for the route. [9] Under the project, there are plans to build two transit oriented hubs at Gabtoli and Dasherkandi. Construction of the route is scheduled to begin in June 2024. [10] In November 2023, South Korea confirmed $1 billion fund for the line. [1]
The project did not start as of 2011 because the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare did not proceed with the project. [5] Toma construction delayed the construction of a culvert in Hatirjheel project by three months after they subcontracted the project in 2011. They had received the contract from Bangladesh Railway. [6]
In January 2010, construction work to expand the Dhaka–Chittagong stretch from two to four lanes commenced. [8] The project was expected to decrease travel time from Dhaka to Chittagong to 4.5 or 5 hours. [3] As of March 2013, only 23.5 per cent of work has been completed, and it was unlikely to meet its December 2013 deadline.
The budget for MRT Line 1 was set at ৳52,561.43 crore of which Japan International Cooperation Agency agreed to finance 75%. Construction of the line is targeted for December 2026. [4] In 2019, the government finalized the construction project of the line. [5] But with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, progress on the line's project stalled ...