Over 13,000 vehicles run on elevated expressway

Over 13,000 vehicles run on elevated expressway

A total of 13,165 motor vehicles moved from Kawla to Farmgate through the Dhaka Elevated Expressway and gave over Tk 11,08,240 lakh as toll today.
"Dhaka Elevated Expressway was opened for public to ease traffic congestion in the capital . .. . the traffic movement through the expressway started at 6 am today," project director of the Elevated Expressway AHMS Akter told journalists.
"A total of Tk 11,08,240 was collected today," he said.
Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the much-awaited expressway HSIA-Farmgate section unveiling the inaugural plaque at the Old Trade Fair Ground at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar yesterday afternoon.