What are the responsibilities of the joint venture?
L&T has officially confirmed the mega contract in a corporate release released on Tuesday. The company's transport business division has won the contract under the 'Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project'.
According to the terms of the contract, the two companies will be responsible for the overall design, procurement of components, construction and testing of the following works:
Railway Track and Electrification: Laying perfect tracks on the long metro line, creating high-capacity power supply and distribution systems, construction of traction substations and developing overhead catenary systems. Signaling and Telecom: Installing modern signaling systems and international standard telecommunication technology to ensure the safety of train movement.
Platform Screen Door (PSD): Installing modern platform screen doors at each station to ensure passenger safety.
In other words, L&T will be responsible for the design and construction of all high-tech technologies starting from laying the train tracks to signaling and operating the trains.
L&T's second mega project in Dhaka
This is not the first time that the Indian construction company has succeeded in the Dhaka Metrorail project. Earlier, they had completed the fully integrated railway system package of Bangladesh's first metrorail corridor, namely 'Dhaka Metrorail Line-6', with great efficiency. Currently, the Line-6 route is successfully commercially operational.
In this regard, Ramkumar S, Senior Vice President and Head of Transportation Infrastructure Department of L&T, said, "Getting the responsibility of such a large project again from Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) is a great testament to our urban public transportation and technical expertise at the international level." It is worth noting that L&T has also recently won a major project in Indonesia's Jakarta Metro Project. Some information about Bangladesh's first underground Metro Line-1:
The much-awaited Dhaka Metrorail Line-1 is being built with financial assistance and financing from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Total length: about 31 kilometers.
Features: This is going to be the first underground metro rail system in Bangladesh.
Two main routes: 'Airport Route' from Kamalapur to the airport and 'Purbachal Route' from Notunbazar to Purbachal Terminal.
Stations and Depots: There will be 19 state-of-the-art stations along the entire route and a huge depot in Pitalganj.
Once the project is completed, there will be a huge revolutionary change in the traffic-congested Dhaka city's communication system and millions of passengers will get the benefit of fast and safe travel every day.