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Transport in Bangladesh is dominated by roadways, accounting for the majority of both passenger and cargo traffic due to substantial development efforts since independence. Eight major national highways connect the capital, Dhaka , with divisional and district headquarters, port cities, and international routes.
[a] 464.2 hectares (4.642 km 2) of land will be needed to be acquired by Bangladesh Railway to implement the project. [1] Chinese companies and the World Bank have shown interest in providing funding for the project through public–private partnership and build-own-operate models. [6] [7] [8]
Road Transport and Highways Division signed an agreement with the government of Japan worth 88 billion Taka to build three bridges and one flyover. [5] The department drafted the Road Transport Act in 2017 which was subsequently approved by the cabinet of Bangladesh.
In 2013, the government of Bangladesh formulated a policy aimed at coordinating multimodal transportation in the country. Two years later the Strategic Transport Plan was finalized which recommended the construction of 21 transport hubs in Dhaka Division. Kamalapur was one of the proposed transport hubs. [1]
In contrast to practices in other nations, Bangladesh has four ministries responsible for transportation within the country. They have specific responsibilities, such as: Road safety: Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges; Civil aviation: Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism; Maritime transport: Ministry of Shipping
Head office of Roads and Highways Department under construction at South Kunipara, Tejgaon, Dhaka. The Roads and Highways Department (Bengali: সড়ক ও জনপথ অধিদপ্তর) is an agency of the Government of Bangladesh responsible for the construction and maintenance of highways and bridges across Bangladesh.
The most popular and ubiquitous mode of transport in the city is the three-wheeled, non-motorized rickshaw, which accounted for 54 per cent of vehicle trips in 2011. [123] Auto-rickshaws running on compressed natural gas (CNG) are another popular mode of transport. [124]
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