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METRORAIL-INSPECTION
Metrorail inspection to be carried out despite Japan travel restriction
DHAKA, Jan 13, 2021 (BSS) – Metrorail inspection work will be carried out in Japan by a reputed international company even if the travel restriction is extended there after January 31.
“We are ready to send a technical team to Japan for carrying out five trial runs of the metro rail before shipment,” Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) MAN Siddique told BSS here today.
“If the Japanese government extends the travel restriction after January 31, then a third party inspection will be carried out on the metro rail by an internationally reputed company,” he said.
A total of 19 test runs of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-6 will be carried out before formal operation, Siddique said, adding, “Five trial runs will be carried out in Japan and a technical team is ready to fly to this end, but the Japanese government imposed travel restriction on foreign nationals till January 31 following the detection of a new category of coronavirus.”
He said the Japanese company has been manufacturing metro rail sets in Osaka.
“If everything is completed properly then the construction company will start shipment of the metro rail from there to Bangladesh. We will also carry out 14 trial runs in our country,” the managing director said.
He said workers and experts have been working to set up rail track on six lines abiding by the health guidelines strictly during the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the project details, the overall physical progress of the first phase construction, from Uttara to Agargaon, is 78.38%, while the progress on the second phase of construction, from Agargaon to Motijheel, is 49.47%.
Coordinated progress of electrical and mechanical system and collection of rolling stock (rail coach) and depot equipment reached 43.82%, it said.
The length of the metro rail route up to Motijheel was 20.10 km. But now it has been extended to Kamalapur Railway Station by 1.16 km. As a result, the number of stations was also increased to 16.
There will be a total of 16 stations on the 21 km route of the Mass Rapid Transit-MRT Line-6. The stations are Uttara North, Uttara Center, Uttara South, Pallabi, Mirpur-11, Mirpur-10, Kazipara, Shewrapara, Agargaon, Bijoy Sarawni, Framgate, Karwan Bazar, Shahbag, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Secretariat and Motijheel.
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