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Presentation on legal arrangements for International road transport in Bangladesh Chandan Kumar Dey, Deputy Secretary Roads Division, Ministry of Communication Accession to International Agreement Regional Initiatives for Road Connectivity Asian Highway 1 in Bangladesh Tamabil Mawa 53 km 0 km Tamabi Sylhet Charjanajat l 39 km 29 km Sherpur Bhanga 45 km km 37 km 35 Mirpur Bhatiapara 61 km 3 km Benapol Sarial Kalna FG e 47 km 24 km Nashingdi Narail 38 km 32 km Katchpur Jessore 10 km 38 km Dhaka (S) Benapole Total 491 km Status of Asian Highway 1 Tamabi l Sections Class km Interventions Tamabil Sylhet II 53 FS & DD ongoing Sylhet Sherpur II 39 FS & DD ongoing Sherpur Mirpur II 45 FS & DD ongoing Mirpur Sarail II 61 FS & DD ongoing Sarail Narhsingdi II 47 FS & DD ongoing Narhsingdi Katchpur II 38 FS & DD ongoing Katchpur Dhaka (S) II 10 upgraded Dhaka (S) Mawa II 35 DD ongoing Mawa Charjanajat Below III 0 Missing Link Charjanajat Bhanga II 29 DD ongoing Bhanga Bhatiapara II 37 To be upgraded Bhatiapara Kalna FG Below III 3 Missing Link Kalna FG Narail III, Below III 24 To be upgraded Narail Jessore III 32 To be upgraded Jessore Benapol II 38 To be upgraded Benapol e Asian Highway 2 in Bangladesh Banglabandha Tamabil Kaliakoir 53 km 50 km Tamabi Sylhet Elenga l 39 km 40 km Sherpur Hatikamrul 61 km 56 km Sarail Bogra 47 km km 34 km 20 Narshingdi Gobindagonj 38 km 71 km Katchpur Ranjgpur 10 km 67 km Dhaka (S) Beldanga 20 km 76 km Panchagar Dhaka (N) h 22 km 56 km Joydevpur Banglabandha Total 512 km Status of Asian Highway 2 Banglabandha Tamabi l Sections Class km Projects Dhaka (South) Dhaka (North) I 20 Developed Dhaka (North) Joydevpur I 22 Developed Joydevpur Kaliakoir II 20 SASEC Project ongoing Kariakoir Elenga II 50 SASEC Project ongoing Elenga Hatikamrul II 40 DD ongoing Hatikamrul Bogra II 56 FS & DD ongoing Bogra Gonbindaganj II 34 FS & DD ongoing Gonbindaganj Rangpur II 71 FS & DD ongoing Rangpur Beldanga II 67 To be developed Beldanga Panchagarh II 76 To be developed Panchagarh Banglabandha II 56 Developed as Class II Asian Highway 41 in Bangladesh Teknaf Dhaka (N) Jhenaidah 87 km 22 km 45 km Cox’s Bazar Joydevpur Jessore 92 km 20 km 62 km Keranirhat Kaliakoir Khulna 49 km 50 km 43 km Chittagong Elenga Mongla 88 km km 40 km 20 Feni Hatikamrul km 63 km 51 km 42 Moinamoti Banpara Total 754 km 43 km 23 km Daudkandi Dasuria Mongla 26 km 9 km Chittagong Katchpur Paksey 10 km 31 km Dhaka (S) Kushtia Teknaf Status of Asian Highway 41 Sections km Class Status Teknaf Cox's Bazar 87 II FS and DD ongoing Cox's Bazar Keranirhat 92 II FS and DD ongoing Keranirhat Chittagong 49 II FS and DD ongoing Chittagong Feni 88 II Upgrading ongoing Feni Moinamoti 63 II Upgrading ongoing Moinamoti Daudkandi 43 II Upgrading ongoing Daudkandi Katchpur 26 I Upgraded to 4‐lane Hatikamrul Banpara 51 II FS & DD ongoing Banpara Dasuria 23 II To be upgraded Dasuria Paksey 9 II To be upgraded Paksey Kushtia 31 II To be upgraded Kushtia Jhenaidah 42 II To be upgraded Jhenaidah Jessore 45 II FS ongoing Jessore Khulna 62 II FS ongoing Khulna Mongla 43 II FS and DD ongoing Mongla Chittagong Teknaf SAARC Highway Corridors in Bangladesh SHC4/SCH8 SHCs mostly align with AH1, AH2 and AH41 SHC5 AH1, AH2 and AH41 SHCs allow landlocked countries or territories to access seaports in SHC8 Bangladesh SHC9 SHC6 There is one ferry crossing at Daulatdia/Paturia point (Padma River) SHC1/SHC5 BCIM Economic Corridor BCIM Forum aims to revive historic “Southern Silk Route” BCIM route crosses four countries through some challenging terrains Significant road improvement needed in Assam, Manipur and Myanmar Sylhet Imphal Kunming Lashio Dhaka (Myanmar Kolkata BIMSTEC Corridors BIMSTEC Transport Infrastructure and Logistic Study (BTILS) identifies 14 corridors of regional significance. Seven of them connects Bangladesh Sl Road Corridor Aligns with 1. Kolkata‐Petrapole/Benapole‐Dhaka‐Akhaura‐ AH1, SHC1 Agartala 2. Kathmandu‐Kakarvita‐Phulbari‐Banglabandha‐ AH2, AH41, SHC4 Mongla / Chittagong 3. Samdrupjongkhar‐Shillong‐Sylhet‐Dhaka‐ AH1, SHC1, SHC5 Kolkata 4. Agartala‐Akhaura‐Chittagong SHC6 5. Thimphu‐Phuenthsholing‐Jaigon‐ AH2, AH41, SHC8 Chengrabandha‐Burimari ‐ / Mongla 6. Maldha‐Shibgang‐JamunaBridge, Bangladesh SHC9 7. Chittagong‐Ramu (Cox’s Bazaar)‐Teknaf‐ AH41 Maungdaw Participation in sub-regional/multilateral agreements Participation in sub-regional/multilateral agreements Domestic Legislations Domestic Legislations Domestic Legislations Domestic Legislations Domestic Legislations Planned Accession to International Agreement Planned Participation in sub-regional/multilateral agreements Expected Amendments and Formulation of Domestic Legislations Challenges Thank You.
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