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Four tunnels to ease congestion in Dhaka
Staff Correspondent
The Dhaka City Corporation has taken up a plan to construct tunnels at four important intersections in the capital to facilitate smooth movement of vehicles, said official sources on Sunday.
The tunnels will be constructed at Shahbagh, Sheraton, Banglamotor and Sonargaon intersections which are plagued by heavy traffic, according to the decision taken at the meeting held at the DCC on Sunday with its chief engineer in the chair.
A proposal for the envisaged project worth Tk 170 crore, to be implemented in one and a half year, will be submitted to the LGRD ministry very soon, said meeting sources.
The tunnels at Shahbagh and Sheraton will be two-way, going in both directions. The vehicles from in front of the Shishu Park on the Mowlana Bhasani Sarani will cross the intersection through the tunnel on the right, while vehicles from Minto Road will also cross the Sheraton intersection through the left tunnel.
The tunnels at Banglamotor and Sonargaon will also be two-way with two lanes, said sources.
‘If the tunnels are constructed, no congestion at these intersections will be seen again,’ said a DCC official.
The DCC has already consulted the engineers of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in this regard.
The engineers have suggested that the construction of the tunnels should be started immediately to improve the traffic situation and prevent the nagging congestion that kills hundreds of working hours and burns a huge amount of fuel uselessly.
