Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover opens to traffic

Another part of the much-awaited Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover was opened to traffic on Thursday as part of efforts to ease traffic congestions on Eskaton-Mouchak road further.

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain inaugurated it around 11am.

Vehicles on the two-km stretch of the flyover - near Janakantha building to near Aarong (Mouchak) - were moving soon after its inauguration.

On March 30 last, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the first part, also stretching two-km from Saatrasta intersection up to Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali Avenue (Moghbazar), of the 8.7-km Mouchak-Magbazar Flyover.

Besides, work on the third and last part of the flyover covering Mouchak, Rajarbagh and Shantinagar is scheduled to end by June next year, according to a news agency. 

In January last, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved revision of the Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover Project with an extension of 18 months till June 2017 and increased cost of Tk 446.20 crore, raising the overall project cost to Tk 1,218.90 crore.

The project work, which was scheduled to be completed within December 2015, started in 2013 instead of the original schedule of 2011.