30km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway
Sunday, 20 September 2015
A 30 km tailback was created on the Dhaka-Tangail highway from Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on Sunday, inflicting immeasurable sufferings on home-bound people ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Gorai highway police, said the tailback was created on the road from Chandra intersection in the upazila to Elenga in Tangail because of the flow of the cattle-laden trucks on the highway in the morning, leaving several thousand vehicles stranded.Vehicles were seen moving bumper-to-bumper on the highway. The law enforcers are trying to control the situation, added the OC, according to a news agency.
--Shuvo--