Status of Integrated Transport in Bangladesh

Presented by

Md. Ehsan-E-Elahi

Joint Secretary

Road Transport & Highways Division

An overview of transport system in Bangladesh

Legal and policy environment in transport sector

Key issue constraining intermodal transport system

Challenges and opportunities

Outline

3

Roads and Highways Division

Transport Modes

Roads

Railways

Inland Water

Maritime

Air

Ro

ads

Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges

Road Transport and Highways Division

RHD

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority

Dhaka Transport Coordination Wing

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation

Bridges Division Bangladesh Bridge Authority

Ministry of Local Govt. Rural Dev. & Co-Operatives

LGED

4

Roads and Highways Division

Rail

Ministry of Railways

• Bangladesh Railway

Inland Water, Maritime and Dry Ports

Ministry of shipping

• Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority

• Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation

• Bangladesh Land Port Authority

• Chittagong Port Authority

• Mongla Port Authority

• Payra Port Authority

• Bangladesh Shipping Corporation

• National Maritime Institute

• Bangladesh Marine Academy

Transport Modes

Roads

Railways

Inland Water

Maritime

Air

Air

Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism

• Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Biman

17

35

57 66

72

110

168

9.18 22.4

38.76 49.5 52.56

80.3

123 (73%)

1974-75 1984-85 1988-89 1992-93 1996-97 2004-05 2012-13

Bill

ion

-km

Total Output in Billion Km Share of Road Transport

Modal share of road in passenger transport

2.6 4.8

6.3 9 10

18.6

34.6

0.91 2.304

3.717 5.49 6.3

13.392

28.5 (82%)

1974-75 1984-85 1988-89 1992-93 1996-97 2004-05 2012-13

Bill

ion

To

nn

e-k

m

Total Output in Billion Tonne-Km Share of Road Transport

Modal share of road in freight transport

Seventh Five Year Plan

National Land Transport

Policy

Po

licy

Envi

ron

men

t

Highway Act 1925

Road Fund Board Act 2013

Metro Rail Act 2014

PPP Guidelines/Act

-2015

Policy and Legal Environment

2015-20

2004

2013

2009

2014

Revised Strategic

Transport Plan for Dhaka 2016

Multimodal Policy

(NIMTP) Road Master Plan

Toll Policy

RSTP under revision

BRT Act

7th FYP under preparation

Legal environment

Balanced Integrated Multimodal Transport

Road

River Rail

7th

Fifth Year Plan

(2015-20) 3R

Connectivity with major dry ports

Most of the Land Ports are well connected with Major

Road Network

Benapole Land Port Burimari Land Port Akhura Land Port Sonamosjid Land Port Hilli Land Port Banglabandha Land Port Teknaf Land Port Bibirbazar Land Port Birol Land Port Bhomra Land Port Nakugaon Land Port Tamabil Land Port Darshana Land Port Benonia Land Port Gobrakura Land Port Ramgarh Land Port Sonahat Land Port Thegamukh Land Port Chilahati Land Port Jibonnagar Land Port Mujibnagar Land Port Pragpur Land Port

Connectivity with major dry ports

Akhura Land Port Nakugaon Land Port

Banglabandha Land Port Ramgarh Land Port

Benapole Land Port Sonamosjid Land Port

Benonia Land Port Tamabil Land Port

Bhomra Land Port Teknaf Land Port

Bibirbazar Land Port Kamalpur ICD, Dhaka

Burimari Land Port Dhirasram ICD, Gazipur

Gobrakura Land Port Koraitali, Mymensingh

Hilli Land Port

Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Port

Strengthen connectivity & seamless international movement of goods,

facilitate increased efficiency and reduce cost of transport as well as to extend its

reach to inland areas with Asian Highway network & Trans-Asian Railway

network

Bangladesh is a party to the Agreement

17 Dry Ports of International Importance

Connectivity with major dry ports

Transhipment at land ports is time consuming process

At some land ports (e.g. Benapole), the capacity needs to be enhanced to cater

increased demands

Testing facilities at ports needs to be introduced for enhanced. For Akhura ports

exported goods are checked at Shillong

• Development of Tamabil Land Port • Development of Sonahat Land Port • Improvement of Benapole and Burimari Land

Port

• Development of Belonia Land Port • Development of Gobrakura-Koroitoli Land

Port • Development of Dhanua Kamalpur Land Port • Bangladesh Regional Connectivity Project:

Development of Sheola & Bhomra Land Port and Safety Security and Automation of Benapole Land Port

Ongoing Projects

Proposed Projects

Connectivity with major sea ports

Chittagong Seaport

Mongla Seaport

Payra Seaport

Chittagong and Mongla are well connected with the major Road Network while the connectivity with Payra Seaport is being

developed

Init

iati

ves

Asian Highway

(AH)

(SHC) SAARC Highway Corridor

SASEC Road Corridor

(SHC)

BIMSTEC Road Corridor

(BRC)

BCIM Route

(BCIM)

Regional and Subregional Initiatives for connectivity

BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement (2015)

AH1

AH2

AH41

3 Routes in Bangladesh

Asian Highway and Bangladesh

Bangladesh singed the Instrument of Accession in 2009 while the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network entered into force in 2003

Asian Highway 1

Dawki/ Tamabil

Benapole/ Petrapole

Tamabil

Sylhet

Shaistaganj

Mirpur

Sarial

Nashingdi

Katchpur

Dhaka (S)

Mawa

Janjira

Bhanga

Bhatiapara

Kalna FG (E)

Kalna FG (W)

Narail

55 km

40 km

43 km

61 km

52 km

33 km

8 km

7.65 km

30.35 km

38 km

2.32 km

0.68 km

24 km

Total 500 km

35

km

32 km

Jessore

II

I, II

II

II

I, II

I, II

I

ML

II

II

II

ML

II

II

I, II

Benapole

38 km II

6%

92%

2%

Class I Class II ML

Class I : 31 km Class II : 460.67 km Missing Link : 8.33 km

Dhaka

Asian Highway 2

Tamabil

Banglabandha Tamabil

Sylhet

Shaistaganj

Mirpur

Sarail

Katchpur

Dhaka (N)

Kaliakoir

Elenga

Hatikamrul

Bogra

Gobindagonj

Ranjgpur

Beldanga

55 km

40 km

43 km

61 km

52 km

8 km

20 km

49 km

41 km

56 km

34 km

67 km

73 km

Panchagarh

78 km

Banglabandha

53 km

Joydevpur

22

km

Total 515 km

22 km

Narshingdi

33 km

Dhaka (S)

II

I, II

II

II

I, II

I, II

I

I

I

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

8%

92%

Class I Class II

Class I : 42 km Class II : 473 km

Dhaka

Asian Highway 41

Teknaf

Mongla

Chittagong

Teknaf

Cox’s Bazar

Keranihat

Chittagong

Feni

Moinamoti

Daudkandi

Bhogra

Joydevpur

Kaliakoir

Elenga

Banpara

Dasuria

80 km

92 km

57 km

88 km

64 km

44 km

26 km

1 km

22 km

49 km

41 km

51 km

22 km

Paksey

12 km

Kushtia

24 km

Bhulta

33

km

Total 803 km

Jhenaidah

Jessore

Khulna

Mongla

44 km

62 km

44 km

13 km

46

km

Madanpur

Hatikamrul

II

II

II

I

I

I

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

II

28%

72%

Class I Class II

Class I: 227 km Class II: 576 km

Dhaka

Tamabil

Construction of 680m Kalna Bridge to commence soon (Ongoing)

Construction of Padma Bridge (6.2 Km )(Ongoing)

Upgrading of Dhaka-Sylhet Highway (Proposed)

[237 km]

Dhaka-Mawa Expressway (Ongoing)

[32 km]

Upgrading of Jessore-Benapole Highway (Proposed)

[38 km]

31 km (6%)

338 km (67.6%)

With completion of projects Class II Roads will increase

There will be No Missing Links on AH-1

Upgrading infrastructures along AH-1

Tamabil

SASEC Road Connectivity Project (Ongoing)

• Improving connectivity between Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan

• Upgrading of existing 2-Lane Highway to 4-Lane

Highway including SMVT Lanes • Construction of grade separating structures at busy

intersection and bazaar areas

SASEC Road Connectivity Project-II (Ongoing)

[190 km]

[70 km]

Vogra

Elenga

Rangpur

Mongla Chittagong

Burimari Banglabandha

Upgrading infrastructures along AH-2

SASEC Road Connectivity Project-III (Proposed)

[138 km]

[191 km]

Mongla Chittagong

Upgrading infrastructures along AH-41

Kanchpur

Upgrading Daudkandi-Chittagong to 4-Lane Highway

(Completed)

Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway Project to commence soon (PPP)

[218 km]

Madanpur

Vogra

Construction of Access-Controlled Dhaka Bypass to commence soon

(PPP) [48 km]

• The construction of Padma Bridge (6.15 km) will eliminate the longest missing link on AH1

• Construction of Kalna Bridge (680 m) is included in JICA assisted Cross Bridge Road Network Improvement Project

Missing links & Sub-standard sections

• Projects are financed by Government and Development partners

• Where possible, PPP options is being explored

• Support from development partners need to continue to bridge financing gap

Financing

• Road Geometry to allow regional traffic

• Harmonization of Standards

• Border facilities

• Multimodal integration

Infrastructure

Challenges for Bangladesh in Road Sector

Status of Trans Asia Rail

Birol TAR-3

Radhikapur (India)

Mohishasan (India)

Myanmar

Shahbazpur

TAR-2 Singabad

(India)

Dhaka

Ishurdi

Abdulpur

Rohanpur

TAR ROUTE – 1 : Gede (West Bengal, India) – Darsana – Ishurdi – Jamtoil – Joydebpur – Tongi – Akhaura – Chittagong – Dohazari – Gundum – (Mynmar border station). Sub-route – I : Tongi – Dhaka. Sub-route – II : Akhaura – Kulaura – Shahbazpur – Mahisasan (India)

TAR ROUTE – 2 : Singabad (West Bengal, India) – Rohanpur – Rajshahi – Abdulpur – Ishurdi and thereafter following the rest of the route/sub-routes of Route – I.

TAR ROUTE – 3 : Radhikapur (West Bengal, India) – Birol – Dinajpur – Parbatipur – Abdulpur – Ishurdi and thereafter following the rest of the route/sub-routes of Route – I.

TAR-1 Gede (India)

Ramu

Dinazpur

Parbatipur

Kulaura

Darsana

TAR-4

Tongi

Akhaura

Chittagong

Gundum

Dohazari

Jessore

KHULNA

Benapole

Bhanga

Rajshahi-Rohonpur border section –entry of

TAR-2

Saidpur-Chilahati section rehabilitation

Parbatipur-Birol-Birol border DG line

conversion completed

Dhaka-Chittagong Corridor Up gradation

Initiatives to construction of

missing links of TAR, Dohazari-Cox’s

bazar

Convert and Reopen MG Kulaura-

Shahbajpur Section to DG

Khulna-Mongla rail link construction

Dedicated Railway Bridge on Jamuna

River

Padma Bridge Rail link

Container Depot near Dhirasram

Joydevpur-Ishwardi Double line

Construction

Akhaura-Agortala railway line

Procurement of RS, locomotives, coaches and

wagons

Initiatives to Improve Bangladesh Railway

Opportunities for Bangladesh Railway

Bangladesh has the potential to

become a land transport Hub and

logistic centre in the region

The unique geo-graphical position of Bangladesh.

Khulna-Mongla rail link would provide the shortest railway corridor to connect Nepal, Bhutan and North-West India.

Proposed Padma rail link and Dhaka-Comilla chord line would provide shortest railway corridor to connect Chittagong port to West Bengal of India.

New Akhaura-Agartala rail link and re-opening of Shahbazpur-Mohishoshan would facilitate traffic from Chittagong port to North-East India.

Actions taken for construction of missing links and enhancement of capacity.

All ports in the Bay of Bengal are estuarine with shallow drafts of 9m or less where as proposed Matarbari & Sonadia Deep Sea Port will have 15 m & 14m draft respectively which will allow container vessels arrival at the port with 4000 TEUs or more.

The deepest berth in proposed deep sea port at Sonadia / Matarbari would be the key to make Bangladesh a regional transport Hub which would be the nearest deep sea port to Nepal, Bhutan and parts of India.

Challenges for Rail Sector in Bangladesh

Insufficient Budget since independence to 2010

Load Constraints on Bangabandhu Railway Bridge

Gauge Unification

Single Line

Over-aged Obsolete Signalling

Scarcity of Rolling Stocks. ie. Locomotives, passenger coaches and wagons

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