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Marred By Several Delays, Bangladesh's First PPP Road Project To Upgrade Dhaka Bypass In To A 48 km, 4 Lane Highway Gains Pace With Chinese Assistance

India InfrahubMonday, January 24, 2022 8:47 pm IST
Dhaka Bypass Upgrade
Dhaka Bypass Upgrade
Dhaka Bypass Upgrade
  • The much-delayed project to upgrade the two-lane Joydevpur-Debogram-Bhulta-Modonpur road (popularly called Dhaka Bypass Road) into a four-lane access-control expressway has now gained momentum.
  • The bypass expansion, which will be Bangladesh 's first public-private partnership (PPP) road project, is being executed by a Chinese-Bangladeshi consortium comprising of Sichuan Road and Bridge Corporation limited (SRBG), Shamim Enterprise Pvt Limited and UDC Construction Limited (UDC)
  • The much-delayed project to upgrade the two-lane Joydevpur-Debogram-Bhulta-Modonpur road (popularly called Dhaka Bypass Road) into a four-lane access-control expressway has now gained momentum.

    The upgraded highway, which is being executed at an overall cost of Rs 2832 crores, will serve as a strategic corridor for freight movement linking the country's manufacturing hub to the north of Dhaka with the centre of shipping activity at the port of Chattogram in the south. Once the project is completed, buses, trucks and other vehicles will be able to easily travel from northern and western parts of the country to eastern and southern parts without entering Dhaka city.

    The project will upgrade a existing 48 km, two-lane road to four-lane by-pass connecting Joydevpur to Modonpur. The project proposes to build 6 new bridges for the mainline and service lanes, 8 new mainline overpasses, 46 existing box culverts and lengthened box culverts, 49 new culverts, 12 new channels and 8 pedestrian overpasses.

    The bypass expansion, which will be Bangladesh 's first public-private partnership (PPP) road project, is being executed by a Chinese-Bangladeshi consortium comprising of Sichuan Road and Bridge Corporation limited (SRBG), Shamim Enterprise Pvt Limited and UDC Construction Limited (UDC) through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) called Dhaka Bypass Expressway Development Company (DBEDC).

    Nearly 1,000 local people are working -- a number set to double -- alongside the Chinese staff.

    A Project Marked By Land Acquisition Challenges, Cost Escalation And Delayed Financial Closure

    A report in leading Bangladeshi publication Daily Star highlighted the multiple challenges in getting the project off the ground.

    In 2012, the county's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave in principle approval to the project to be implemented under PPP.

    In 2017, the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) under the Ministry of Road Transport of Bangladesh, conducted a two-stage bidding process for implementing the project. The Chinese-Bangladeshi consortium was identified as the preferred bidder through a technical and financial evaluation.

    The PPP agreement of the project was signed in December 2018 between the RHD and the consortium. Under the agreement, the road authority undertook the responsibility for land acquisition, resettlement and shift utility lines while the consortium will finance, build, operate and maintain the road for a concession period of 25 years.

    The original deadline of the project was June 2020 and the cost for upgrading the Dhaka Bypass was estimated to be Rs.2638.44 crores.

    Due to a new land acquisition law passed by the government that came into force in 2017, the compensation that needed to offered to the owners of the land acquired as part of the project tripled. This escalated the project cost significantly

    In April 2021, the consortium closed a funding agreement with China Development Bank (CDB) and Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Ltd (BIFFL). While CDB will provide Rs 1400 crore, BIFFL chipped in with Rs. 933 crores. The Bangladesh government also stepped in with viability funding.

    The RHD has reportedly acquired most of the land required for the project.

    The Global Times quoted Yang Jian, a project manager working in Bangladesh, as saying that 70 percent of the initial work had been completed. "The bridge pile foundation is 50 percent completed. "In 2024, we will complete the whole expressway," he said.

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    Kaushik Basu
    bangladesh infrastructure
    Bangladesh economy
    Dhaka bypass

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