Bangabandhu Tunnel Bangladesh: Govt fixes Tk.200 for car toll

[Bilal9]

Bangabandhu Tunnel: Govt fixes Tk200 for car toll​

The government has fixed the toll rates for using the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel built under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram, ranging from Tk200 for cars to Tk1,000 for 4-axle trailers.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges issued a circular in this regard on Thursday, signed by Deputy Secretary of Bridge Division Abul Hasan.

According to the notice, a car has to pay Tk200 for crossing the tunnel. A jeep or pickup van will pay the same amount while a microbus has to pay Tk250.

Toll for buses with less than 31 seats would be Tk300, and those with more than 32 seats Tk400, 3-axle buses Tk500, trucks (up to 5 tonnes) Tk400, trucks from 5.01 to 8 tonnes Tk500, and 8.01-11-tonne trucks Tk600.

Trailers (3 axles) have to pay Tk800, trailers (4 axles) Tk1,000 and Tk200 for each axle above 4, reads the notice.

The notification will be effective from the day of opening the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel for vehicular movement.

Earlier on 14 June, construction works of the much-awaited tunnel, the first under-river tunnel in South Asia, was nearing completion as 97.5% overall progress was finished.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader had said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would inaugurate the tunnel, sometime in September.

The project was taken up in 2015 at a cost of Tk8,447 crore and targeted to be completed by 2020.

However, the completion of the project was extended to December this year after two phases of extension.

The cost of the project was increased by 26.56% to Tk10,690 crore.

Exim Bank of China is lending Tk6,070 crore for the tunnel. The rest of the financing is coming from the government's own funds.

The length of the main tunnel with two tubes is 3.32km. A 5.35km link road has been constructed at the western and eastern ends of the main tunnel and a flyover of 727 metres at the Anwara end.

In 2021, different dates for the opening of the tunnel were announced by authorities.

Road Transport Minister stated earlier this year that it would be opened for travel by September 2023.

 

[saif]

China has funded this project. My sincere thanks to China.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

200 to use a tunnel?

 

[Bilal9]

200 to use a tunnel?

Tk.200 for just a car. The trucks pay way more, with more than two axles.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Tk.200 for just a car. The trucks pay way more, with more than two axles.

That's 500 PKR, just for using a tunnel? How long is it ? I mean I pay that much if I travel for atleast 250km on motorways, prolly less.

 

[bête noire]

That's 500 PKR, just for using a tunnel? How long is it ? I mean I pay that much if I travel for atleast 250km on motorways, prolly less.

Surely you don't think motorways and tunnels are the same? It is literally the first in South Asia, requiring engineering and machinery that Bangladesh didn't have. Also, no offence but making cars and car travels cheaper is one of the reasons for massive foreign currently loss for Pakistan, both while buying foreign cars and importing fuel to run those cars for their lifetime. This is a huge pit that Pakistan should have avoided by implementing exorbitant taxes on cars and fuels like Bangladesh does, which is something like 400% when buying new cars. Focus on public transportation. I live in Germany, which I would argue has overall the best public transportation barring countries with tiny rich population like Switzerland. If public transportation is done well, it is way more convenient, faster and cheaper compared to cars.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Surely you don't think motorways and tunnels are the same? It is literally the first in South Asia, requiring engineering and machinery that Bangladesh didn't have. Also, no offence but making cars and car travels cheaper is one of the reasons for massive foreign currently loss for Pakistan, both while buying foreign cars and importing fuel to run those cars for their lifetime. This is a huge pit that Pakistan should have avoided by implementing exorbitant taxes on cars and fuels like Bangladesh does, which is something like 400% when buying new cars. Focus on public transportation. I live in Germany, which I would argue has overall the best public transportation barring countries with tiny rich population like Switzerland. If public transportation is done well, it is way more convenient, faster and cheaper compared to cars.

I don't know you know about the amount of tax Pak pay for locally assembled vehicles. Imports were banned and opened only recently and again, we pay hundreds of times more in taxes rather than the actual price of the vehicle.


We even pay more taxes than the price of a local assembled vehicles.

And I do understand it's it's a 3.2km underground tunnel, but in Pak, we don't have taxes on tunnels rather we pay toll based on distance.

Here is Lowari tunnel, it's a high altitude tunnel with over 10.4km length built by drilling a mountain, no tax on using it but we do pay toll for using the road.

 

[protean]

I don't know you know about the amount of tax Pak pay for locally assembled vehicles. Imports were banned and opened only recently and again, we pay hundreds of times more in taxes rather than the actual price of the vehicle.


We even pay more taxes than the price of a local assembled vehicles.

And I do understand it's it's a 3.5km underground tunnel, but in Pak, we don't have taxes on tunnels rather we pay toll based on distance.

Here is Lowari tunnel, it's a high altitude tunnel with over 10.4km length built by drilling a mountain, no tax on using it but we do pay toll for using the road.
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Bangladeshi is a poor country that can't afford cars or the fuel for the cars but want to be counted as Bengal tiger economy or economic leader of South Asia. What a joke. To be honest they would go broke if they buy a hundred thousand cars a year.

Also to charge this much toll for a mere 3.5 kms tunnel and spend over 10000 crores on this shows they are either corrupt or foolish or both.

 

[X-ray Papa]

Bangladeshi is a poor country that can't afford cars or the fuel for the cars but want to be counted as Bengal tiger economy or economic leader of South Asia. What a joke. To be honest they would go broke if they buy a hundred thousand cars a year.

Also to charge this much toll for a mere 3.5 kms tunnel and spend over 10000 crores on this shows they are either corrupt or foolish or both.

 

[Bilal9]

Bangladeshi is a poor country that can't afford cars or the fuel for the cars but want to be counted as Bengal tiger economy or economic leader of South Asia. What a joke. To be honest they would go broke if they buy a hundred thousand cars a year.

Also to charge this much toll for a mere 3.5 kms tunnel and spend over 10000 crores on this shows they are either corrupt or foolish or both.

Bangladesh had proper roadways and cars when your parents had to wait eight years for the choice of two cars in the 1980's and 1990's - Ambys (outdated Austin UK copy) and Premier Padmini (outdated Fiat copy), both of which were WWII era outdated cars.

Only in the last ten years are cars available in India somewhat similar to the outside world. Still the average size of Indian cars are micro mini Tata Nano size cars, which can't really be called proper vehicles.

My grandfather drove around in Toyota Corona in the late eighties (see picture below), oirokom gari tor bap dada chouddopurush oishomoi dekhe nai - chintao kortey partona. Fotor fotor bondho kor.

Shalar duidiner boiragi - bhaterey koi "onno". Bekoob.

Amra Bangladeshi shokoley jani India tey ki chhilo ar ekhon ki aasey. Chest beating korey luv nai. Toder entire tourism sector amader poishai choley gadha. Taka nibi ney - mukhta bondho rakh. Nailey oitao bondho korey dewa jabey.

Ja bhalo shomporko duidesher moddhey aasey - ta koikjon bhodro Indian der jonno aasey. Toder moto Bharotiyo bekoob der amra pusio na.

In any case, your lame attempt to hijack the thread here (as well as daily in all other Bangladeshi threads) has been noted and reported. Keep doing this and you will have a ban in no time.

That's 500 PKR, just for using a tunnel? How long is it ? I mean I pay that much if I travel for atleast 250km on motorways, prolly less.

The length of the entire route is 9.39 kilometres (5.83 mi), with the tunnel making up 3.32 kilometres (2.06 mi) of the length.

I don't think you can compare drilling tunnels through mountains vis-à-vis drilling under riverbeds, circumstances and tactics are quite different. I'd say underwater tunnels are much tougher to build, with water leaks a huge factor.

By the way, the 6.15-km Padma bridge we built recently has the following toll. It is what it is.

 

[GreatHanWarrior]

Where is my Japanese bro @bluesky? I haven't seen him for a long time.

 

[protean]

Bangladesh had proper roadways and cars when your parents had to wait eight years for the choice of two cars in the 1980's and 1990's - Ambys (outdated Austin UK copy) and Premier Padmini (outdated Fiat copy), both of which were WWII era outdated cars.

Only in the last ten years are cars available in India somewhat similar to the outside world. Still the average size of Indian cars are micro mini Tata Nano size cars, which can't really be called proper vehicles.

My grandfather drove around in Toyota Corona in the late eighties (see picture below), oirokom gari tor bap dada chouddopurush oishomoi dekhe nai - chintao kortey partona. Fotor fotor bondho kor.

Shalar duidiner boiragi - bhaterey koi "onno". Bekoob.

Amra Bangladeshi shokoley jani India tey ki chhilo ar ekhon ki aasey. Chest beating korey luv nai. Toder entire tourism sector amader poishai choley gadha. Taka nibi ney - mukhta bondho rakh. Nailey oitao bondho korey dewa jabey.

Ja bhalo shomporko duidesher moddhey aasey - ta koikjon bhodro Indian der jonno aasey. Toder moto Bharotiyo bekoob der amra pusio na.

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In any case, your lame attempt to hijack the thread here (as well as daily in all other Bangladeshi threads) has been noted and reported. Keep doing this and you will have a ban in no time.



The length of the entire route is 9.39 kilometres (5.83 mi), with the tunnel making up 3.32 kilometres (2.06 mi) of the length.

I don't think you can compare drilling tunnels through mountains vis-à-vis drilling under riverbeds, circumstances and tactics are quite different. I'd say underwater tunnels are much tougher to build, with water leaks a huge factor.

By the way, the 6.15-km Padma bridge we built recently has the following toll. It is what it is.

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Lol. Car sales are less than 5000 a year for the entire country and dropping. Third rate town in Africa buys more than that. It is just embarrassing. Your dumb rhetoric whenever a statistic is put up infront of you is my dada my nana used to drive so and so etc. Your country was a basket case till 2010. It is a basket case even today except for fake statistics put out by BBS.

Indian car sales in total are over 4 million a year.

And Mercedes Benz alone sells over 15000 cars a year. Chaddis stitching lungis can only dream of.

One out of 4 Mercedes-Benz cars sold in India in H1 2023 priced above Rs 1.5 cr

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[Bilal9]

Where is my Japanese bro @bluesky? I haven't seen him for a long time.

Miss him already?

 

[GreatHanWarrior]

Miss him already?

Yes. I miss him very much. if he is not here. the Bangladesh forum has no fun.

 

[IndianLite]

Yes. I miss him very much. if he is not here. the Bangladesh forum has no fun.

He is an idiot BNP shill.

I am surprised such a high toll rate is viable. It shows there is a demand for a quicker route.

It means the cost will be recovered quickly.

And should encourage investors to pour even more money into big infrastructure.

I do not think other south Asian countries would get away with such high toll rates.

There would be riots in India.