<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Construction work of the country's first underground metro line will begin in January next year, said DMTCL managing director MAN Siddique.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"We've planned to start the construction of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-1, which will be the first underground metro line under Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), in January next year," he said while addressing the inauguration programme of a section of MRT Line-6 on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The underground metro line will have two parts -- one from Dhaka airport to Kamalapur and the other from Notun Bazar to Purbachal, he said, adding that the DMTCL has a plan to start construction work of MRT-5 (Northern Route) in July 2023, reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>He said the MRT-5 line will run from Savar's Hemayetpur to Bhatara via Gabtoli, Mirpur and Gulshan.</div><div><br></div><div>"We are expecting that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would inaugurate the construction work of both the lines," he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>