`Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover to be inaugurated Mar 26`
Dhaka, June 06 (UNB) - The multi-billion-taka Mayor Mohammad Hanif flyover (Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover) will be inaugurated on the Independence Day on March 26 next year.
About 80 percent of the construction work has been completed and it will take another nine months to complete the rest.
The disclosure came at a meeting held on Wednesday at the auditorium of Local Government Division to review the progress of the construction work of the eight-kilometer-long flyover, with State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD,C) Jahangir Kabir Nanak in the chair.
Briefing the journalists after the review meeting Local Government Division Secretary Abu Alam Md Shahid Khan said all leave and vacations including that of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha for the workers and employees involved with the construction of the flyover will be cancelled to expedite the construction work so that it will be ready for inauguration on Mar 26. The flyover will be opened to traffic immediately after its inauguration, he informed.
Earlier, State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak, addressing journalists at a press conference in capital about two months ago had said that Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover would be inaugurated on Victory Day on December 16.
Once built, the flyover will connect Kutubkhali in South Jatrabari and Demra to Chankharpool in Dhaka Medical College Hospital area up to Palashi and Azimpur. Considering the importance of the eight-kilometer route, one of the busiest routes in Dhaka city, the government gave top priority to the construction of the longest flyover in the capital after it took over offices on January 7, 2009 and attaches importance to completing the project on the scheduled time, the secretary said.
Replying to a question he said the date of inauguration has been put back by about three-and-half-month due to various reasons. The construction was delayed to facilitate relocating gas, water and power supply lines from the construction area to other areas to ensure uninterrupted supply of gas, water and electricity to the city dwellers, he informed.
He said that no anomalies, negligence or irregularities by those involved with construction of the flyover will be tolerated.
About 80 percent of the construction work has been completed and it will take another nine months to complete the rest.
The disclosure came at a meeting held on Wednesday at the auditorium of Local Government Division to review the progress of the construction work of the eight-kilometer-long flyover, with State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD,C) Jahangir Kabir Nanak in the chair.
Briefing the journalists after the review meeting Local Government Division Secretary Abu Alam Md Shahid Khan said all leave and vacations including that of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha for the workers and employees involved with the construction of the flyover will be cancelled to expedite the construction work so that it will be ready for inauguration on Mar 26. The flyover will be opened to traffic immediately after its inauguration, he informed.
Earlier, State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak, addressing journalists at a press conference in capital about two months ago had said that Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover would be inaugurated on Victory Day on December 16.
Once built, the flyover will connect Kutubkhali in South Jatrabari and Demra to Chankharpool in Dhaka Medical College Hospital area up to Palashi and Azimpur. Considering the importance of the eight-kilometer route, one of the busiest routes in Dhaka city, the government gave top priority to the construction of the longest flyover in the capital after it took over offices on January 7, 2009 and attaches importance to completing the project on the scheduled time, the secretary said.
Replying to a question he said the date of inauguration has been put back by about three-and-half-month due to various reasons. The construction was delayed to facilitate relocating gas, water and power supply lines from the construction area to other areas to ensure uninterrupted supply of gas, water and electricity to the city dwellers, he informed.
He said that no anomalies, negligence or irregularities by those involved with construction of the flyover will be tolerated.
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