Metro rail income in a year is Tk 20 crore

Planning to run on Friday morning

Metrorail is planning to operate all day from next May to Friday. There is also the idea of ​​minimizing the break in which the Metrorail is currently running. This will increase the number of daily train movement. Metrorail tickets have been sold by around Tk 20 crore in the fiscal year 2021-27.

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) Managing Director (MD) Mohammad Abdur Rauf said this in a meeting with members of the Reporters for Rail and Road (RRR).

The exchange was held at the Metrorail depot on Tuesday.

It is reported that Metrorail is currently operating from three o'clock on Friday. On the other day, the Metrorail is running from both sides for 5 minutes at the time of busy times and at less busy (off -peak hours) for 5 minutes. Metrorail travels 3 times a day in the opening days. The number of trains will increase even if the break is reduced. Besides, the train is currently running from Friday afternoon to night. On Friday morning, the number of trains will increase if the Metrorail movement begins.

At the meeting, DMTCL MD Abdur Rauf said, “We are trying to bring the Metrorail frequency to a tolerable level by May. We are working for this purpose. There are instructions for the advisor. We targeted May in May. Hopefully I will be able to get it in May. ”

At present, the Metrorail transports an average of 3 lakh passengers daily, said DMTCL MD. If the Metrorail is launched up to Kamalapur, the daily passenger movement will be five and a half lakh, he said.

DMTCL MD also said that the tickets were sold to the passengers of the Metrorail in the fiscal year 2021-27.

He said that after the partial introduction in 2022, the revenue was more than Tk 22 crore in the fiscal year 2022-22.

DMTCL Director (Finance and Accounting) Md. Aftabuzzaman said that the Metrorail operates on an average of Tk 6 crore a month. The cost of around Tk 6 crore is behind the salary allowance. Beyond this there are repairs, stationery shopping. The salary of some officers is paid under the project.

DMTCL MD Abdur Rauf said the installment and interest of the Metrorail project was paid three installments. About 1 crore in this sector has been paid from the Metrorail's income.

The stations of Kazipara and Mirpur-1 were damaged during the student coup last July. Initially, two stations were launched by spending around two crore rupees to transfer some equipment from other stations and deployments and buy some products locally. The MD of the DMTCL said tenders have been called to buy some more necessary equipment from other places. In this work it will cost Tk 1 crore.

The project director of MRT Line-1 was also present at the exchange meeting. Zakaria, DMTCL Director (Operation and Maintenance) Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Director (Development and Planning) Abdul Baki Mia, MRT Line-1 Project Director Aftab Hossain Khan, DMTCL General Manager (Operations) Mohammed Hussein Mohammad. Anwar Hossain, general secretary. Members of the organization including Tawhidul Islam.

Bangladesh /NB