Now that a chart of fares for travelling the 20.10-kilometre Uttara-Motijheel metro rail route, and 14 others in between, has been published in the media, commuters on that route have started feeling upbeat. There are reasons to feel so. Although several dates for the inauguration of the elevated metro rail service have been announced several times and postponedlater, its final opening became veritably a mirage of sorts. But technical and other work keep going fast. Amid these bouts of progress, the future Dhaka metro commuters do not want to see a day wasted away. The commuters willing to use the Uttara-Motijheel route going through several areas like Mirpur, Kazipara, Agargaon, Farmgate, Karwan Bazar, Shahbagh, Dhaka University, Secretariat and Motijheel are now impatient to see the metro service open. According to Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA),the Uttara-Agargaon route is scheduled to be in operation in December this year. The Agargaon-Motijheel service is set to be in place from December, 2023.

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