Dhaka Elevated Expressway is another milestone in communication: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (September 2) said the opening of Dhaka Elevated Expressway is another milestone in the country's communication sector and it would play a significant role in reducing traffic congestion.

"This (Dhaka Elevated Expressway) is a new milestone in the communication sector. I have inaugurated Dhaka Elevated Expressway PPP Project's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Farmgate portion. Work on its remaining portion will be completed soon," she told a rally at the Old Trade Fair Ground at Agargaon after the formal inaugural.

The Prime Minister said she has given the expressway as a gift to residents of Dhaka and the people across the country, adding that it would play a great role in developing communication between the capital and the rest of the country.

"The long-standing expectation of the residents of Dhaka has been fulfilled with the opening of the expressway. The expressway will play a great role in reducing traffic jams significantly," she said.

Dhaka north and south localities that included Shahjalal International Airport, Kuril, Mohakhali, Tejgaon, Farmgate, Moghbazar and Kamlapur will witness huge progress in reducing traffic gridlock, she opined._BSS.