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Bus Terminal Relocation

DCC looking for sites

Smooth transport system a must to link city with new terminals, say experts

Helemul Alam
Dhaka City Corporation is looking for suitable sites to relocate Gabtoli, Mohakhali and Sayedabad bus terminals outside the capital aiming to reduce the traffic congestion caused by buses to and from the terminals.
The move to relocate the inter-district bus terminals will not be successful without a proper transport system between the new terminals and the city, say the agencies concerned.
Khondokar Enayeth Hossain, secretary general of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Samity, said the terminals are not the only reasons behind traffic jam.
The government must ensure efficient bus service between terminals and the city, if it goes with the plan, he insisted.
The sites primarily selected for the new terminals are at the midpoint between Amin Bazar and Savar on Dhaka-Aricha highway, Board Bazar on Dhaka-Mymensingh road and a place around 1 km east of Kanchpur Bridge, a DCC official said.
A fourth site was selected in the Jhilmil project area, 2 km south of the 2nd Buriganga Bridge, but Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakha refused to allocate the piece of land. SM Salehuddin, additional executive director of Dhaka Transport Coordination Board, said they know nothing about the relocation.
Before taking the final decision, the DCC should seek suggestions from all the agencies concerned and do it in a planned way, he noted.
Moving Mohakhali bus terminal is very important, but relocation of Gabtoli and Sayedabad terminals is not necessary right now, said Salehuddin, adding the bid would not be wise as it will require huge finance.
He suggested that the DCC should increase the lanes of roads and east-west road connectivity as per recommendations by Strategic Transport Plan for safer and more efficient transportation system.
However, DCC officials said infrastructures to reach the terminals from the city would also be developed under the plan.
Mahmudunnabi Kumar, a government official who travels every week to Sirajganj, said the shifting will make the passengers suffer as they will have to get another transport to and from the terminals.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on July 28,2009 asked DCC Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka to shift bus and truck terminals.
The DCC has already issued letters to the deputy commissioners of Dhaka, Narayanganj and Gazipur, asking them to find out suitable locations, according to sources in DCC.
Ahmed Ali Shah, DCC executive engineer, said they were yet to conduct a survey in this regard.
"We will conduct a feasibility study once the sites are selected. We are working to prepare a Development Project Proposal on it," he added.