PM directs communications ministry, assures it of quick fund; Dhaka-Mymensingh bus strike ends Expressing annoyance over poor conditions of highways, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the communications ministry to immediately repair all dilapidated highways so that home-bound people do not face any trouble during Eid travel. “Start repair work in full swing with the ... Read more
dhaka-mymensingh highway
No repair since 2005
4-lane project saw no light for irregularities The Dhaka-Mymensingh highway has become the worst highway that saw last repair or rehabilitation in 2005. The 120-kilometer highway was supposed to be reconstructed under the road sector reform programme, a World Bank-funded project initiated in 2005. However, the move was abandoned in 2009 without any work done ... Read more
Impossible rides stop
Transport owners suspend plying vehicles on battered Dhaka-Mymensingh highway Transport owners yesterday suspended indefinitely the bus service on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, citing the road has become impassable. Cratered, the 120-km highway gets waterlogged even in moderate rain. The heavy downpour for the last few days has made things worse, as potholes at many points have turned ... Read more
Highway of nightmare
3-hour journey to Mymensingh now takes over 10 hours for battered roads Countless potholes coupled with stagnant rainwater on the road have made the usually three-hour journey from Dhaka to Mymensingh a 10-hour hazard. It was Thursday around 3:00pm when Rayhan Ahmed, a resident of the capital’s Mirpur, got on a bus to Mymensingh to ... Read more
Upgrading starts next month
Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway Upgrading starts next month The work of upgrading the Joydevpur-Mymensingh Highway to a dual carriageway will start next month. The 87-kilometre highway will be turned into a dual carriageway by June, 2013, said communications ministry officials after signing of contracts with three firms at the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) yesterday. The communications ... Read more