PM to inaugurate Kalshi flyover tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the 2.34 km-long Mirpur-Kalshi flyover at 10:00am tomorrow at a function in Kalshi intersection.

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam; Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam; Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed; Dhaka-16 lawmaker Md Elias Uddin Mollah; Local Government Division Secretary Muhammad Ibrahim; are expected to join the inaugural ceremony, among others.

Under the Road Widening and Development from ECB Square to Mirpur and Construction of Flyover on Kalshi Circle Project, the 2,335-metre flyover has been built and the 3.7 km road from the ECB square to Kalshi has been widened.

On January 9, 2018, the project got the ECNEC's approval.

DNCC and Bangladesh Army (24 Engineer Construction Brigade) implemented the project at a cost of around Tk 1,012 crore.

According to the project details, the flyover looks like English alphabet "Y". The previously four-lane roads have been widened to six lanes to ease passenger commute.

The main four-lane flyover runs from ECB square towards Kalshi and Mirpur DOHS, while a two-lane ramp descends from Kalshi intersection to Kalshi Road.

The project is expected to ease travel among the areas of Mirpur DOHS, Pallabi, Kalshi, Mohakhali, Banani, Uttara, and Airport.