Holidaymakers suffer in tailbacks on Dhaka-Aricha highway

Commuters on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway have been suffering since morning due to heavy traffic jam.

There is a 15 kilometre tailback of vehicles headed in the direction of Manikganj on the road stretching from Hemayetpur to Nabinagar.

On the other hand vehicles were moving very slowly from Jirani to Nabinagar on the Dhaka-Tangail highway. The vehicles moving towards Dhaka have created an eight to ten kilometres tailback in the area.

The situation has remained the same since 6:00 am, the correspondent adds.

The vehicles are moving very slowly due to huge pressure vehicles on the Dhaka-Aricha highway, Savar Traffic Inspector Abul Hosen said. “We are trying to ease the situation since morning,” Abul Hosen added.

Meanwhile, many passengers alleged that the staff of the vehicles were demanding three to four times more fare on the occasion of Eid.

Source: thedailystar