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14km tailback on Bangabandhu Bridge Highway

News Desk Transportation 2024-02-19, 2:03pm

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The traffic jam persisted from the eastern side of the Bangabandhu Bridge, extending all the way to Elenga in Tangail.



Several road accidents resulted in a huge traffic jam spanning a 14-kilometre on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge highway early Monday (February 19).

The traffic jam persisted from the eastern side of the Bangabandhu Bridge, extending all the way to Elenga in Tangail.

Police said that a truck got stuck in Zokarchar area around 2:00am due to technical glitch. Later, a truck collided with a covered van in Hatia area around 4:00am on the route.

Bangabandhu Bridge police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Alamgir Ashraf said vehicles on the road are moving slowly due to the traffic jam. Several police team are working to ease the jam.