Work on Dhaka-Mawa flyover gathers pace

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With a view to ensuring smooth passage of vehicles, work on the construction of the 13.31-kilometre long flyover from the capital’s Shantinagar to Dhaka-Mawa road via Babubazar Bridge is going on in full swing.
The project is being implemented by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkhaya through Public Private Partnership at an estimated cost of Tk 2500 crore.
The China railway construction company cooperation is carrying out the work on the country’s longest four-lane flyover.
The flyover will have five up and down ramps alongside three toll plazas. Erecting a hanging-bridge over the second Buriganga Bridge is the most attractive aspect of the project, said a RAJUK official.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave the approval to the project on 9 January, 2013.
“Necessary actions have been taken to ensure uninterrupted traffic movement during the flyover construction”, said road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader after the board meeting of Dhaka transport coordination authority at Nagar Bhaban on 15 March, 2016.
The purpose of this project is to facilitate vehicular movement between the country’s north and southern part with the capital. This Flyover will connect Dhaka-Mawa road adjacent to Jhilmil residential area, sources.
Project director ASM Raihanul Ferdous said “One part of the flyover will start from Karnaphuli Garden City of Shantinagar to Paltan, Zero point, Nayabazar and finish at Raysaheb Bazar. Another lane will begin from Buriganga Bridge to Jhilmil point on Dhaka-Mawa highway.”
People, who travel from southern part of the country using Padma Bridge, will easily be able to enter the city without any traffic congestion. People travelling from old Dhaka will benefit from this project as well. The project will also ease the traffic movement of the city’s north-southern region.
During a visit, this correspondent found the construction work of the flyover is going on in a rapid pace as hundreds of workers are rendering round-the-clock effort to finish the project within the stipulated time.
As part of adequate safety measures, both sides of the construction site have been surrounded by sheds.
The vehicles are moving at a normal speed on the road.
Contacted, Anwar Hossain, chief engineer (implementation) of RAJUK said, “All the measures have been taken to complete the construction work within the fixed time. The whole area has been covered with iron sheds for the security.”
“It will be the country’s longest flyover ever”, he added.
When asked about overall progress of the work, Sayed Afsor H Uddin, PPP’s chief executive officer, said, “We are using latest technologies and skilled manpower, as recommended by the concerned authorities, to complete the flyover construction.”
“We are expecting to finish the work by 2022.”



The article was first published at Bangladesh Post

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