Dhaka metro
I am an expatriate leaving in the UK and read about the metro plan in your paper. This is really great news. I hope this plan will come to fruition as this will help a mega-city like Dhaka to improve economically. I am sure the plans will be inclusive of thinking for future expansion, safety and cover as much area of Dhaka as is practically possible in the most efficient and least costly way. This project will considerably ease the sufferings of Dhaka commuters.
Within East London, we have a low cost 'Docklands Light Railway' (DLR) transport. It has been pretty impressive (as I use it daily to commute to work), and very low cost in terms of the number of people it transports. I hope the government will look at this project and how it is run.
In addition with the added infrastructure more and more people will migrate to Dhaka, thus consideration needs to be given to improving the infrastructure in other cities also. I also hope these mega-projects will consider technology transfer, employing local people and purchasing local materials and resources in building the metro.
May Allah make this a good start.
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