Dhaka-Ctg highway off-limits to vehicles for 7-hour every day till Sept 7 Vehicular movement on Meghna and Meghna-Gumti bridges on Dhaka-Chittagong highway will remain suspended for seven hours from 11:00pm every day till September 7 due to repair work that began last night. The government has arranged an alternative route to divert around 30,000 vehicles ... Read more
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Govt to build 3 new bridges
Dhaka-Ctg Highway Govt to build 3 new bridges The government will construct three new bridges on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway as the existing Kanchpur, Meghna and Meghna-Gumti bridges have become risky for vehicular movement. All the three new bridges, to be constructed parallel to the old ones, will have four lanes. The construction of the bridges ... Read more
Priority high, approach low
2 top highway projects go awry for lack of fund Two high-priority highway development projects have totally lost momentum as the government released funds thinly and that too not on time. Both projects also suffered from bidding delays, exposing the inefficiency of the bureaucracy in implementing the projects. The projects are the Dhaka-Chittagong highway widening ... Read more
Deadly 50km
210 road crashes in 5 months occurred on part of Dhaka-Ctg highway; reckless driving blamed The 50-kilometre long Mirsarai-Chittagong stretch of Dhaka-Chittagong highway has become a dreaded route as 82 people have been killed in 210 road crashes here in the first five months of this year. About 200 more sustained injuries in these accidents, ... Read more
Three bridges in danger of collapse
Three major bridges — Kanchpur, Meghna and Gumti — on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway may collapse anytime, said Communications Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday. “The soil around the bases of the bridges have almost been washed away due to overloading, sand extraction and movement of overloaded cargo vessels on the water, he told The Daily Star after ... Read more
Repair work won’t complete before Eid
Dhaka-Ctg Highway Repair work won’t complete before Eid Abul claims 90pc repair work of highways done Passengers bound for home will have to suffer for the battered condition of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway as the repair work at some damaged parts will remain incomplete before the Eid-ul-Fitr. However, visiting the highway yesterday Communications Minister Syed Abul ... Read more
Dhaka-Ctg road trip turns terrible
Traffic mess, overtaking on narrow highway with numerous potholes Vehicular traffic on 290-kilometre Dhaka-Chittagong highway has become so intense and chaotic that a journey between the capital and the port city could take as long as 15 hours. The highway, the country’s busiest and economically most important one, appears to have a single convoy of ... Read more