Highway to remain closed for 2hrs today

Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Chattogram highway will remain suspended for two hours today due to installation of the beam of a bridge at Bashbaria in Sitakunda, Chattogram. 

The highway will be closed from 5:30am to 7:30am in RR Textile Mills area of Bashbaria union under the upazila, said Chattogram Roads and Highways authorities.

Rokon Uddin Khaled Chowdhury, sub-divisional engineer of Sitakunda office of Roads and Highways Department, said the highway will be closed to avoid any kind of accident while installing the beam of the under-construction pedestrian bridge.

Relevant departments have already been notified, he said.

Belal Uddin Jahangir, officer-in-charge of Bara Aulia Highway Police Station, said, "We've asked the executive engineer to increase the manpower and complete the work quickly."