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What is the approved budget of MRT Line 1?

MRT Line 1 of the Dhaka Metro Rail is the 31.24 km line connecting Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with Kamalapur in Dhaka, with an elevated branch from Natun Bazar to Purbachal, Bangladesh's first underground metro, financed mostly by a JICA loan and implemented by the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. On 16 September 2026 the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) increased its cost to Tk 1,14,394.89 crore from the Tk 52,561.43 crore approved in 2019, a rise of Tk 61,833.46 crore or 117.64 percent, with the government share Tk 30,552.26 crore and the JICA loan Tk 83,842.63 crore.

Approved budget

BDT 1143.9489 billion

Approximately $9.38 billion

Cost basis: 2026

On Thursday, February 2, 2023, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction of the country's first underground metrorail (Mass Rapid Transit) MRT Line-1 in Rupganj, Narayanganj. The English description and title of this file were generated using a large language model (Google Gemini - gemini-3.1-flash-lite) from the original Bengali description provided by the Press Information Department. Show prompts used: Translation prompt: Translate the following Bengali text into English in en
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Approved budget2026
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Total lengthOutlook Bangla
31.24 km

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