The government has undertaken a plan to construct 16-km underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-4 on Kamalapur- Narayanganj route by 2030. “We will take an initiative to construct underground MRT Line-4 route under the existing Dhaka-Narayanganj railway track by 2030,” Road Transport and Highways Division Additional Secretary Mohammed Belayet Hossain told the news agency yesterday.

Hossain said the work for fixing associate organisations is underway to conduct pre-feasibility study of the MRT Line-4 as part of the expansion of the planned metro rail network for a coordinated modern public transport management system in Dhaka metropolis and its surrounding areas. The work of the project will begin as soon as the availability of fund, he said.

According to a source of Road Transport and Bridges Ministry, the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) is advancing with the plan to create a combined metro rail network with Dhaka Metropolitan City and its surrounding areas for better traffic management.