Three metrorail projects in the capital approved

The approved projects are—Metrorail Line-5 Southern Route, Metrorail Line-1, and Metrorail Line-5 Northern Route. The total cost to implement the three projects will be about Tk 2.5 lakh crore.

Among them, the revised cost proposals for the MRT Line-1 (Airport–Kamalapur) and MRT Line-5 Northern (Hemayetpur–Bhatara) projects, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), have been approved.

Besides, the new MRT Line-5 Southern (Gabtoli–Dasherkandi) project, under joint funding by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and South Korea, has also been approved.