Record toll collection at Jamuna Bridge

The Jamuna Bridge has recorded the highest-ever toll collection in a single day since its inauguration 27 years ago.

According to bridge authority data, 64,283 vehicles crossed the Jamuna Bridge during the record 24-hour period.

Executive engineer of the Jamuna Bridge Site Office, Ahsanul Kabir Pavel, on Friday said that toll revenue reached a record Tk 4,10,40,950 [4 crore 10 lakh 40 thousand 950] in the 24 hours from 12am Wednesday (June 4) to 12am Thursday (June 5).

The previous highest daily toll was Tk 3 crore 80 lakh 63 thousand four hundred, collected on June 14, last year, ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.

At that time, the bridge authority had installed six additional booths, three at each end of the bridge, to cope with the surge in traffic.