Dhaka Elevated Expressway to be completed in 2024: Quader

City Desk :
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the construction works of Dhaka Elevated Expressway will be completed within this year (2024).

He made the announcement at a press conference at Setu Bhaban in the capital, reports BSS.

Quader, also the Awami League (AL) general secretary, said about 50 percent works of Dhaka Elevated Expressway has already been completed, while traffic movement has begun from the airport to Farmgate section.

The remaining part on Chattogram highway up to Kutubkhali will be completed by 2024, he said.

Noting that Taka two crore toll is being collected from Padma Bridge per day, the road transport and bridges minister said so far, toll of 1,252 crore has been collected from traffic movement on the Padma Bridge.

In addition, he hoped, the works of the BRTA project in Gazipur would be completed by June this year.

Replying to a question, Quader said BNP leaders are now talking weird and absurd for their own happiness.

“No one should be jealous seeing the country’s prosperity. The country’s interests should be considered first.

The government that conducts development works should be appreciated but unfortunately this is not happening in Bangladesh,” he said.