Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover to be completed next March

State Minister for LGRD and cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak said construction work of Mayor Hanif Flyover would be completed by March next year to ease traffic jam in the capital.
"We are really sorry for the people's sufferings as we are already late (in constructing the flyover) … but the construction of the Mayor Hanif Flyover will definitely be completed by the next Independence Day (March 26, 2013)," he told a meeting at his secretariat office yesterday.
The minister said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open the flyover.
He asked all concerned to complete shifting of utility services by August 20, which was earlier scheduled for June 15 this year.
The state minister ordered cancellation of holidays of the officials concerned as he reviewed the progress of the project.
He said no dillydally would be tolerated further as the government is committed to ease traffic congestion in the area.
"It would be really unfortunate if we have to take tough decision against the negligence of anyone's duty," the minister told BSS, adding, "If they fail to complete the flyover's construction work, the government will look alternatives to do it within the stipulated time."
Nanak said the removal of utility service lines of Titas Gas and DPDC are major barriers to rapid completion of the project right now. He added that the two-kilometre lines of the 10km under construction Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover would be properly removed by August 20 while the main structure of it is expected to be completed by January- February next year.
"Fifty two percent work of the flyover has already been completed…we expect the project to be completed ahead of June next year," said director of the flyover project and superintendent engineer of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) M Ashiqur Rahman yesterday.
Belhasa Accom and Associates Ltd, an associate company of the Orion Group, is implementing the project at a cost of Tk 2,053 crore on Build- Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) basis, first of its kind in Bangladesh.