50km traffic jam on Dhaka-Chittagong highway

A 50-kilometre-long tailback has been created on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway due to an accident on Thursday (May 1).

Sources said that the traffic congestion stretched nearly 50km, from Nimsar in Burichang upazila to Iliotganj of Daudkandi, causing immense suffering.

Highway police said a covered van lost control and turned turtle in the Dhaka-bound Lane in the Nuritala area of Chandina upazila of Comilla on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway early Thursday morning. A recovery crane was brought from Feni around 10am, but by then, a long line of stationary vehicles had already formed in both directions.

Ramiz Uddin, driver of a Dhaka-bound bus Royel Paribahan said after leaving for Dhaka at 8:30 am, we had to sit in traffic for an hour at Nimsar Bazar in Burichang.

Confirming the matter, Additional DIG of the Cumilla Region of the Highway Police, Md. Khairul Alam, said that the traffic jam has become so widespread due to the accident.