Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday opened the 2.34km Kalshi flyover to traffic in the capital's Mirpur.
She also inaugurated the 3.7km road from ECB square to Kalshi that had been developed and widened to six lanes from four lanes.
The prime minister opened the flyover and the road after unveiling a plaque at a civic rally that turned into a huge public gathering, held at Kalshi Balur Math.
The flyover will further improve connectivity between Mirpur, DOHS, Pallabi, Kalshi, Mahakhali, Banani, Uttara and the airport. It will take 15 minutes to reach Mirpur from the airport.
The Ecnec on January 9, 2018 approved the project, under which, a 3.7km stretch of road from ECB square to Kalshi was widened, while the 2.34km flyover was constructed at the Kalshi intersection under the Local Government Division of the Ministry of LGRD and Cooperatives.
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The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Bangladesh Army (24 Engineer Construction Brigade) implemented the project at a cost of around Tk1,012 crore.
The construction work of the project started in January 2018 and it was completed four months prior to the stipulated time in June 2023.
According to the project details, the flyover looks like the English alphabet 'Y.' The previously four-lane road was 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 the Kalshi intersection to Kalshi Road.
The project also includes the extension of a PC girder bridge, construction of two footbridges, a public toilet, two police boxes, a 7.4km RCC drain and saucer drain, a 1,755metre RCC pipe drain, retaining wall, 3,383-metre communication duct, 800,000 linear metre sand compaction pile, separate bicycle lanes and six bus bays.
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam, DNCC Mayor Md Atiqul Islam, State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Swapan Bhattacharjee, Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Dhaka-16 lawmaker Md Elias Uddin Mollah and Local Government Division Secretary Muhammad Ibrahim accompanied the premier during the opening of the Kalshi flyover and road.