Deal signed for building metro rail depot

The government yesterday signed an agreement with a Japanese firm to develop and construct a depot on the metro rail line-6.

Mofazzal Hossain, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd, and Hiroshi Asakami, authorised representative of Japan's Tokyu Construction Ltd, signed the deal in presence of Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, at the capital's Sonargaon hotel.

"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to launch the construction works of the main depot of the metro rail in the last week of April," Quader told reporters.

The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-6 route from Uttara to Bangladesh Bank will have 16 stations covering Uttara, Mirpur, Rokeya Sarani, Khamarbari, Sonargaon hotel, Shahbagh, Doyel Chattar, and Topkhana Road.