It has been nearly a year since the construction works on the integrated Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover Project began, but the progress of works so far is only 20 per cent, causing a lot of hassles to residents, commuters and shop owners alike, reports UNB.
"The situation at Moghbazar is chaotic during rush hours, especially with bad and dug-up roads filled with water throughout the year due to leakages in water pipe and overflowing manholes," says Kazi Abdu Wadud, a banker who takes this route every day to go to his office as he lives at nearby Siddeswari.
He went on: "It's a lot of trouble for the commuters. So I'd request the authorities to consider constructing this flyover on a high priority as many people are using this road."
"Some 20 percent of construction works on Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover Project have so far been competed for various reasons," project director Nazmul Alam told UNB.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasnia formally inaugurated the flyover project on February 15, 2013 and it was supposed to be completed in two years' time.
The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives is implementing the Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover Project.
The estimated cost of the flyover project is around Tk 7.73 billion. The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) is financing over Tk 3.75 billion in the project while OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) over Tk 1.96 billion and the government of Bangladesh the remaining over Tk 2.0 billion.
Officials concerned said the construction work on the project could not be carried out in a faster way since July last due to the network of underground pipelines and cables, installed nearly a decade ago by utility service-providers for city dwellers in and around the project areas.
Some changes in the underground structures of the project have been brought so that utility services do not get hampered, but the changes will not affect the main design of the flyover, the officials said.
"Now the construction work on the flyover is going on in full swing.
