BD needs to control it's population. Its already in top 10 most congested countries. Infrastructure cannot improve if population gets so out of control in such a limited area.
BD population growth is now only 1% a year.
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BD needs to control it's population. Its already in top 10 most congested countries. Infrastructure cannot improve if population gets so out of control in such a limited area.
It is more about lack of will then population density.From what I have gathered information,actually land acquization is not the biggest cost factor,it is the associated infrastructure development.The most costly 53km Dhaka-Mawa road requires only 25 hectares land acquization.The mentioned 3 highways in this thread are associated with buildind large number of big bridge, culverts, flyover,connecting roads and bypass.Another factor is high taxation of imported matarials.Just highway construction is not much more costly then international norm.Recently concluded Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Mymensing 4 lane was bullt with reasonable price.280 km with around 700 million dollar.One thing I really like here is our 6 lane motorways connecting cities . Makes driving really fun . Recently went from Peshawer to Lahore . That's 520 KM , and covered it in no time . Bangladeshi's problem with 4 or 6 lane is its population density or maybe just the lack of will of the government to make them .
Bangladeshi's problem with 4 or 6 lane is its population density or maybe just the lack of will of the government to make them .
We have 6 or 8-lane roads only in some places of Dhaka City. But, there is no 6-lane roads that connect the District towns.
I must admit,Pakistan have impressive road infrastructure.Most provably the best in south Asia.I very much like the Lahore ring road.I actually astonished to see this video on Lahore Ring road.Very modern,spacious,and beautiful.We have around 1000-1200 km of 6 lane highways connecting cities now and that is only going to extend when it extends till Karachi in next 2 years .
I must admit,Pakistan have impressive road infrastructure.Most provably the best in south Asia.I very much like the Lahore ring road.I actually astonished to see this video on Lahore Ring road.Very modern,spacious,and beautiful.
Which part of Lahore it is in this video?Beautiful suburb.
If only SHW had this obsession instead of put down BNP and Khaleda.Our great Road network is thanks in part to Nawaz Sharif's Obsession with Highways and Infrastructure .
How much it costed?This type of world class expressway requires a lot of money.. The ring road is an 80 km long network of highways connecting numerous places to the main M-5 highway .
If only SHW had this obsession instead of put down BNP and Khaleda.
How much it costed?This type of world class expressway requires a lot of money.
So per Km costed more than 2 billion PKR.May be high land acquisition cost within city pushed up price?It cost around 150-200 billion PKR according to one website
These pics are stunning.Perfect combination of nature and modern infrastructure.Even Murree a hill station 8500 feet above sea level has an extensive highway from Islamabad . We have to do alot of cutting from mountains to build these wide roads. you won't find much better roads at high altitudes like 7000-8000 feet
BD population growth is now only 1% a year.
@Bilal9 :
Tell you the truth does BD really need 6 lane highways apart from the Dhaka-Chittagong route?
BD is a very densely populated country and the government should be actively encouraging as
many goods and people to be moved around on the railways and waterways. This is what I think
it is trying to do with the 30 billion US dollar plan to upgrade and modernise the railway system
by 2030. The current upgrade that is taking placling to turn all the 2 lane highways connecting major
towns and cities to 4 lane should be sufficient.