20km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway

A 20-kilometre tailback was created on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway on Wednesday morning.

The highway is witnessing traffic congestion from the Bangabandhu Bridge east side to the Gharinda area of Tangail Sadar Upazila. Along with heavy rain, this congestion is causing immense suffering to homebound Eid holidaymakers.

Elenga Highway Police Officer-in-Charge Jahid Hasan said law enforcers are working to keep traffic normal. Those who resorted to travelling on trucks and pickup vans due to a shortage of bus tickets were suffering the most in the heavy rain.

Harun-Or-Rashid, the traffic inspector on duty on the highway, said several factors were behind the traffic congestion, such as the increased number of vehicles, consecutive accidents on the bridge, vehicles breaking down, and delays with toll collection.

Early on Tuesday, an accident occurred on the bridge, and a bus also broke down. due to this incident, toll collection was stopped a few times. This contributed to the tailback.

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