Construction of the much-vaunted Dhaka metro begins tomorrow (Wednesday), amid challenges of doing the work smoothly through the cramped capital city where millions move through congestion.

As planned, building the country's first metro rail commences with the construction work on the corridor from Uttara to Agargaon.

Italian-Thai Development PLC which won the work of developing the first half of the elevated metro rail has already started gathering equipment near the Met Office in Agargaon to kick off work on one of the major communications infrastructures.

However, the project office is yet to issue work order. And the authorities were yet to clear the JICA-designed traffic-management plan for the period of construction of the median metro (it will run overhead through the middle of the city streets).    

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