Status of Integrated Transport in Bangladesh. Presented by Md. Ehsan-E-Elahi Joint Secretary Road Transport & Highways Division

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1 Status of Integrated Transport in Bangladesh Presented by Md. Ehsan-E-Elahi Joint Secretary Road Transport & Highways Division

2 Outline An overview of transport system in Bangladesh Legal and policy environment in transport sector Key issue constraining intermodal transport system Challenges and opportunities

3 Roads ads and Highways Division Transport Modes Roads Road Transport and Highways Division RHD Bangladesh Road Transport Authority Dhaka Transport Coordination Wing Railways Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation Inland Water Bridges Division Bangladesh Bridge Authority Maritime Ministry of Local Govt. Rural Dev. & Co-Operatives LGED Air 3

4 Roads and Highways Division Transport Modes Rail Inland Water, Maritime and Dry Ports Air Roads Railways Inland Water Maritime Air Ministry of Railways Bangladesh Railway 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 Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh Bangladesh Biman 4

5 Billion-km Modal share of road in passenger transport (73%) Total Output in Billion Km Share of Road Transport

6 Billion Tonne-km Modal share of road in freight transport (82%) Total Output in Billion Tonne-Km Share of Road Transport

7 Policy Environment Policy and Legal Environment 7 th FYP under preparation Seventh Five Year Plan National Land Transport Policy 2004 Revised Strategic Transport Plan for Dhaka 2016 RSTP under revision Multimodal Policy (NIMTP) 2013 Road Master Plan 2009 Toll Policy 2014 Legal environment Highway Act 1925 Road Fund Board Act 2013 Metro Rail Act 2014 BRT Act PPP Guidelines/Act -2015

8 Balanced Integrated Multimodal Transport Road 7 th Fifth Year Plan ( ) 3R Rail River

9 Connectivity with major dry ports 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 Most of the Land Ports are well connected with Major Road Network

10 Connectivity with major dry ports 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 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

11 Connectivity with major dry ports Ongoing Projects Transhipment at land ports is time consuming process Development of Tamabil Land Port Development of Sonahat Land Port Improvement of Benapole and Burimari Land Port 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 Proposed Projects 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

12 Connectivity with major sea ports Chittagong Seaport Mongla Seaport Chittagong and Mongla are well connected with the major Road Network while the connectivity with Payra Seaport is being developed Payra Seaport

13 Initiatives Regional and Subregional Initiatives for connectivity Asian Highway (AH) (SHC) SAARC Highway Corridor SASEC Road Corridor (SHC) BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement (2015) BIMSTEC Road Corridor (BRC) BCIM Route (BCIM)

14 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 AH1 3 Routes in Bangladesh AH2 AH41

15 35 km I, II Asian Highway 1 Tamabil Mawa II 55 km ML 7.65 km I, II Sylhet 40 km Shaistaganj II 43 km Janjira II km Bhanga II 38 km Dawki/ Tamabil Class I Class II Missing Link : 31 km : km : 8.33 km Mirpur Bhatiapara II 61 km II 2.32 km 2% 6% Sarial I, II 52 km Nashingdi I, II 33 km Kalna FG (E) ML 0.68 km Kalna FG (W) II 24 km Benapole/ Petrapole Dhaka Katchpur I 8 km Dhaka (S) Narail II 32 km Jessore II 38 km Benapole Total 500 km 92% Class I Class II ML

16 22 km II Asian Highway 2 Tamabil II 55 km Kaliakoir II 49 km Banglabandha Sylhet I, II 40 km Shaistaganj II 43 km Elenga II 41 km Hatikamrul 56 km II Tamabil Class I Class II : 42 km : 473 km Mirpur II 61 km Sarail I, II 52 km Narshingdi I, II 33 km Katchpur I 8 km Dhaka (S) I 20 km Dhaka (N) I 22 km Joydevpur Bogra II 34 km Gobindagonj II 67 km Ranjgpur II 73 km Beldanga II 78 km Panchagarh II 53 km Banglabandha Dhaka 92% Class I 8% Class II Total 515 km

17 46 km 33 km II Asian Highway 41 Teknaf Bhogra Jhenaidah II 80 km II 1 km II 44 km Cox s Bazar II 92 km Keranihat II 57 km Joydevpur II 22 km Kaliakoir II 49 km Jessore II 62 km Khulna II 44 km Class I: 227 km Class II: 576 km Chittagong I 88 km Elenga II 41 km Mongla 28% Feni I 64 km Hatikamrul II 51 km Dhaka Moinamoti I 44 km Daudkandi II 26 km Banpara II 22 km Dasuria II 12 km Total 803 km Mongla Chittagong 72% Class I Class II Madanpur II 13 km Bhulta Paksey II 24 km Kushtia Teknaf

18 Upgrading infrastructures along AH-1 Upgrading of Dhaka-Sylhet Highway (Proposed) Tamabil Dhaka-Mawa Expressway (Ongoing) Upgrading of Jessore-Benapole Highway (Proposed) [32 km] [237 km] With completion of projects Class II Roads will increase 31 km (6%) 338 km (67.6%) Construction of 680m Kalna Bridge to commence soon (Ongoing) [38 km] Construction of Padma Bridge (6.2 Km )(Ongoing) There will be No Missing Links on AH-1

19 Upgrading infrastructures along AH-2 SASEC Road Connectivity Project-III (Proposed) SASEC Road Connectivity Project-II (Ongoing) [138 km] [190 km] Banglabandha Burimari Rangpur Tamabil SASEC Road Connectivity Project (Ongoing) [70 km] Elenga Vogra 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 Mongla Chittagong

20 Upgrading infrastructures along AH-41 Construction of Access-Controlled Dhaka Bypass to commence soon (PPP) Upgrading Daudkandi-Chittagong to 4-Lane Highway (Completed) [48 km] [191 km] Kanchpur Vogra Madanpur Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway Project to commence soon (PPP) [218 km] Mongla Chittagong

21 Challenges for Bangladesh in Road Sector Missing links & Substandard sections 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 Financing 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 Infrastructure Road Geometry to allow regional traffic Harmonization of Standards Border facilities Multimodal integration

22 Status of Trans Asia Rail 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-3 Radhikapur (India) TAR-2 Singabad (India) Birol Rohanpur Ishurdi TAR-1 Gede (India) Dinazpur Parbatipur Abdulpur Darsana Benapole Dhaka Jessore TAR-4 KHULNA Tongi Bhanga Shahbazpur Akhaura Ramu Kulaura Chittagong Dohazari Gundum Mohishasan (India) Myanmar

23 Initiatives to Improve Bangladesh Railway 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

24 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.

25 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

26 Thank you