Tailback at Gulistan-Jatrabari Flyover
More staff sought for better traffic management
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has been asked to deploy additional manpower for better traffic management in the under-construction Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover area of the capital.
The decision came at a meeting on the flyover construction held in the conference room of Local Government Division on Monday.
The current poor condition of the road, illegal parking and lack of traffic management cause heavy traffic congestion in the area.
“If the corporation fails to mange traffic in the area then we will deploy other forces like police, Rab or army personnel to ensure smooth traffic movement,” Local Government Division Secretary Abu Alam Mohammad Shahid Khan said at the meeting.
The meeting also gave seven days to the organisations concerned to complete the underground and overhead utility lines relocation in the construction site of the flyover, also known as the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover, with a view to complete the flyover by March 26 next year.
"We are hopeful that the work of the flyover will be completed by mid March of next year and the prime minister will be able to inaugurate the flyover on March 26," said State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak at the meeting.
Belhasa Accom and Associates Ltd is implementing the project at a cost of about Tk 2,108 crore on Build- Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) basis, first of its kind in Bangladesh.
The flyover which was initially 7km long will now be 10km from Palashi to Jatrabari.
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