Infrastructure of Netrakona

The transport facilities in Netrakona are probably average in the country. 301km of paved road and 166km of brick road cross the District, both of them featuring massive damage by potholes. Another 1469km of unpaved road become hardly passable during the monsoon season. It is worth mentioning that in spite of all this, there is massive traffic, mostly conducted by Indian Tata trucks. Also, there are bus connections from Dhaka to Netrakona Sadar, Durgapur, Mohanganj, Madan and Kendua. Inside the District, there is a close network of local busses, connecting the different towns with Netrakona. On the Netrakona-Mohanganj stretch, busses stop for about ten minutes at a tea stall or the mosque respectively. This ensures that there is scope for an additional bus and its crew. There are also some 35km of rail line, however the main connection between Netrakona and Mohanganj is terribly slow because the tracks are not straight and thus the train goes very slowly. 

The rainy season boosts water traffic, making use of 469km of river road. Beside of various trawlers that carry passengers from their villages into town, there is also 17 flourishing transport of goods such as sand and stones that most probably are brought in from the hilly border area. Rice is also shipped in Netrakona. In Khaliajuri Upazila, the vast  haors cut many families from the mainland and boats are the only middle of communication when the lowlands are flooded.  

In 2004, electricity is officially supplied to more than 50% of the villages in Netrakona; in absolute terms these are more than 55,000 subscribers,  about 41,000 of them residential and 9,000 commercial. Additionally, more than 3,000 irrigation pumps of the District are supplied. One must however consider, that if a village has got a line, it does not mean that every household is connected. In rural areas, mostly the rich farmers can afford power. On the other hand, it is very much supposable that huge quantities of power are consumed via illegally set lines.