30km Tailback on Dhaka-Tangail Highway

A 30-kilometre tailback was created due to the increased number of vehicles on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangbandhu Bridge Highway in Tangail on Friday.

Hundreds of vehicles with passengers, goods and cattle were moving very slowly on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway due to long tailbacks, causing immense sufferings to Eid holidaymakers.

‘The highway is witnessing a 30-kilometre traffic jam from Bangabandhu Bridge East side to Nagarjolfoi Bypass area of Tangail. The traffic jam has been created due to the increasing number of vehicles ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, according to Md Ataur Rahman, in-charge of Elenga Highway Police.

Law enforcers are working to control traffic at various important points and intersections, he said, adding that surveillance has also been increased.

Vehicular movement would become normal as time advances, expected the officer.

On Friday afternoon, People were seen going to their respective destinations using different vehicles, including cattle laden trucks, pickups, and motorcycles.

Due to the tailback, the homebound passengers, especially children and women have become the worst sufferers with having no toilet facilities on their way.

Roxana Akter, a Lalmonirhat-bound passenger, said she is worried about reaching home as it had taken more than eight hours to reach Elenga-Bhunapur link road in Kalihati upazila.

She also claimed that on the way, while stuck in the tailback, they had paid astronomical prices for food and drinking water to the hawkers.