Covered Van Breakdown on Meghna-Gomti Bridge Slope Sparks 13km Jam on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway

A tailback stretching nearly 13 kilometres has formed on the Cumilla-bound lane of the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the Gazaria area of Munshiganj. Drivers and passengers of long-distance buses, trucks and other vehicles have been suffering severely in the congestion.

At around 7:30am on Friday (13 November), a covered van broke down on the slope of the Meghna-Gomti bridge in the Daudkandi area on the Cumilla-bound lane, disrupting traffic. The jam gradually spread across nearly 13 kilometres of the Gazaria section.

According to local residents and police sources, traffic on the highway was obstructed after the covered van broke down on the bridge slope. As the volume of vehicles kept rising, a long tailback built up.

Vehicles were seen moving intermittently and at a slow pace at different points of the highway, leaving long-distance passengers and transport workers stranded in the gridlock.

Md Moniruzzaman, in-charge of the Bhoberchar Highway Police outpost, said the jam was caused by the covered van that broke down on the slope of the Meghna-Gomti bridge in Daudkandi. Work was under way to remove the vehicle.

He expressed hope that traffic movement would return to normal within an hour.