To ease road congestion before Eid, the government has banned heavy vehicles on highways and urged people to use alternative routes to reach destinations.
According to an order issued by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Saturday, heavy vehicles will not run on the national and regional highways from three days before of Eid.
The vehicles include truck, lorry, covered van, nosimon, korimon, tempo, votvoti, bikes etc. Besides, ramshackle vehicles will not be allowed to ply on the highways.
However, vehicles carrying daily necessaries, perishable goods and fuel are allowed to ply on the highways.
The BRTA officials have asked people to travel via the new routes that have been launched from Dhaka to Chittagong and Sylhet.
They advised the Sylhet and Brahmanbaria-bound people to use Jatrabari-Demra route via Sultana Kamal Bridge to ease the traffic in Kanchpur area.
Two alternative routes have been introduced from Dhaka to Chittagong
One is through Pagla-Chashara-Narayanganj Link Signboard road via Babubazar Bridge and Postagola Bridge while the other one is through Tongi Station Road-Shaheed Ahsanullah Master flyover-Mirerbazar-Ulukhola-Kanchon Bridge-Vulta-Madanpur.
Three alternatives routes have been introduced from Dhaka to Sylhet.
The alternative route-1 for Sylhet, is via Babubazar Bridge or Postagola Bridge towards Pagla-Chashara-Narayanganj Link-Signboard.
The second alternate route to Sylhet is via Tongi Station Road-Shaheed Ahsanullah Master flyover-Mirerbazar-Ghorashal Shaheed Moyejuddin Bridge-Panchdona.
Sylhet bound passengers may also try the route via Tongi Station Road-Shaheed Ahsanullah Master flyover-Mirerbazar-Ulukhola-Kanchon Bridge-Vulta.
Small vehicles traveling to Narshingdi, Brahmanbaria and Sylhet are asked to take the Khilgaon-Bashabo-Madartech-Nondipara Bridge-Sheikher Jayga-Amulia Staff Quarter-Sultana Kamal Bridge route.
The passengers complain about the traffic condition going awry on way to Sylhet and Chittagong before Eid. It takes about 15-20 hours whereas the usual journey is about 5-6 hours.