Two, including a five-year-old child, were killed and two were injured after a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Sadar upazila of Tangail this afternoon (July 12, 2022).
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Many people got off the vehicles and started for their destinations on foot, reports our Tangail correspondent.
Mosharraf Hossain, who was travelling to Gaibandha, said he started from Dhaka s Malibagh around 9:00pm yesterday and managed to reach Tangail bypass in 12 hours.
Another passenger, who started from Dhaka around 5:00am today, only reached Kaliakoir of Gazipur due to the tailback. Usually, he reaches his village home in Tangail in two hours, he said.
Heavy pressure of vehicles and few small road accidents are the reason behind this traffic congestion, said Yasir Arafat, in-charge of Elenga highway police outpost.
There is rush of vehicles but those are moving slowly, he said.
Long-distance buses plying Dhaka-Tangail highway defying govt order
Long-distance buses plying Dhaka-Tangail highway. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Long-distance buses are plying Dhaka-Tangail highway, violating restriction imposed by the government to curb transmission of Covid-19.
While visiting the highway, our Tangail correspondent saw long-distance buses operating in Gharinda, Kandila, Rabna, Bikromhati, Rasulpur and Elenga areas.
Traffic police have fined a number of buses on the highway for violating the government instruction, Yasir Arafat, in-charge of Elenga Highway Police Outpost, told our correspondent.
The Dhaka-Tangail highway and Bangabandhu bridge, known as the gateway to northern districts, are witnessing heavy pressure of vehicles this morning as Eid holidaymakers are leaving Dhaka by buses, private cars, rental cars and microbuses.