3km tailback on Dhaka-Chattogram highway

Cumilla Correspondent: A three-kilometer tailback took shape on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway staring from the toll plaza on Meghna-Gomati bridge and up to Hasanpur area near Daudkandi of Cumilla on Thursday.

Daudkandi highway police’s Officer-in-Charge Abul Kalam Azad said the tailback was formed due to additional pressure of vehicles on the highway.

The vehicles are moving slowly following the construction of Meghna link-road (eastern side). Besides, there is additional pressure of vehicles on the highway ahead of the weekend.

Highway police forces are trying to control the traffic jam situation, he added.


risingbd/Cumilla/Sep 20, 2018/Jahangir Alam Imrul/Nasim