Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Although at least four major transport plans were taken for the capital city since 1990s, the scope of launching mono rail or light rapid transit (LRT) as a mode of mass transit system was never studied.

Officials and experts termed lack of right focus on local-level passenger demands as well as dominance of donor-funded studies to meet their own mandate of introducing specific transport modes as the causes behind it.

At present, the capital's transport plans are supposed to be taken following guidance of the strategic transport plan (STP), first formulated in 2005. Due to not following options of the plan properly, the 20-year long transport plan was revised twice in 2015 and 2025, shifting only the number of modes. ...