As far as I know this third terminal is costing tax payers almost $3 billion. With this kind of money we could have built a whole new airport. I think big time corruption has occurred in the project. What is your opinion on this?
Well this is a G2G project with large scale JICA investment dollars and participation by world class contractors like Fujita, Samsung etc.
I doubt there is much scope for any greasing of palms except maybe, outside Bangladesh in the loan origination country.
The cost is rather high because of participation by Japanese contractors (their contracting charges are high as in Japan itself) but of course, design and quality of work is quite high as well.
Interestingly, the number of local subcontractors is not small and these companies (Abdul Monem, Maxx et al) are getting valuable exposure in a major world class project in Dhaka itself. These local contractors are not capable to pull off something large like this in the quality category. At some point these local firms can use that experience to build smaller airports which they are already pulling off. CXB and CTG are examples.
In essence, this is a Japanese airport built outside Japan. And a 21st century one at that.
With their people (Japanese company) maintaining it after they build, operation is expected to be superior as well.
Did we need this with Shahjalal's history of sordid mgmt. and incompetent operations? I'd say it will be a welcome change.
With this airport my hope is that we can compete in efficiency with the Changis and Suvarnabhumis of the world to an extent, though at a smaller scale.
If it costs a few shekels more, what the heck....
There are distinct "Key Benchmarks for Organizational Performance " for all airports, and they are measured all the time. Shahjalal used to measure dead-last in almost all of them, that is not acceptable anymore.
Take a look - you'll understand, https://airportscouncil.org/wp-cont...HAPTER-8-AIRPORT-PERFORMANCE-BENCHMARKING.pdf
Dhaka Airport rates a miserable two stars in SKYTRAX rating. I think some bus stations in Dhaka would rate better. Pathetic
Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal Airport is certified as a 2-Star Airport for facilities, comfort, cleanliness, shopping, food & beverages and staff service.
skytraxratings.com
You cannot run an int'l airport with low class people - chhota logo ka chhota soch mei kam nahi hoga. Incompetent uneducated local people running our airports today who got hired by nepotism and having no ability even to "learn on the job" because they are basically gadhas.
The time for running an airport (which is the primary int'l airport of the country and major logistics infrastructure) cannot be left in the hands of idiot amateurs with limited experience in it.
@bluesky bhai your opinion if you feel like it....
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