With Bangladesh in the grip of the Eid rush, commuters heading home faced a harrowing time on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on Thursday.
The stretch from Tongi to Chandona intersection of the high-speed corridor witnessed the maximum snarls due to the mad rush rush of vehicles carrying home-bound people ahead of the festival.
On the highway across Gazipur district, this UNB correspondent witnessed bumper-to-bumper traffic at Bhogra bypass point, Board Bazar, Tongi Bazar and Station Road.
Traffic situation on the Dhaka-Tangail highway to Chandra Trimore was the same on Thursday morning -- gridlocks and tailbacks at different places of the high-speed corridor.
Passengers and motorists claimed it was taking them nearly four hours to reach the Gazipur intersection from the Mohakhali bus terminal. In some places, people had to wait for hours to get public transport.
Abdullah Al Mamun, deputy commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (traffic), said that steps have been taken to mitigate the suffering of the homebound people on the highways in Gazipur.
"Extra policemen have been deployed to ensure the security of the commuters as well," he added.
