20km long tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway

A 20 kilometre-long tailback was created on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila on Thursday, inflicting immeasurable sufferings on the home-bound passengers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, UNB reports.

Khalilur Rahman Patwari, officer-in-charge of Gorai highway police camp said the tailback was created on the highway around 4am from Chandra point in Gazipur to Mirzapur upazila in Tangail due to heavy pressure of vehicles, including the flow of the cattle-laden trucks, leaving several thousand vehicles stranded.

Vehicles were seen moving slowly on the highway.