Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the government is going to start a feasibility study with the help of Korea for launching a planned transport system and metro-rail in Chattogram.
"The Road Transport and Highways Division has taken a measure to establish metro Rail in Chattogram at the instructions of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to utilise the enormous potential of the port city and fulfill the long-cherished aspirations of its people," he said.
The minister said on Sunday that the government is going to start a feasibility study with the help of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for launching the planned transport system and metro-rail in Chattogram, reports BSS.
Quader, also Awami League General Secretary, said this in a press briefing on Sunday after a delegation led by the South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-Keun met with him at the secretariat in Dhaka.
He added that a survey project is being undertaken under the Road Transport and Highways Division at a cost of around Tk 770 million where the Korean government would provide Tk 510 million as a grant.
Mentioning that the preliminary discussions with the Korean Ambassador and the KOICA delegation were held, Quader said an expert survey team from Korea is visiting Bangladesh to this end.
The team will exchange views and collect data from all stakeholders involved in the development of Chattogram city from February 8-12, he said.
He continued that a view exchanging meeting will be held at Chattogram Circuit House on February 8 next in the presence of Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud.
The survey team will meet with Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary Md Nazrul Islam at a review meeting on February 15 in Dhaka, Quader said.
He hoped that an integrated transport plan will be prepared for Chattogram city under the project alongside holding a feasibility study of the mass transit line or metro rail.