Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) movement will bring no profit.
“The leaders of BNP might as well stay home and watch Hindi serials, your movement will bring zero profit,” he said while addressing a gathering near the old trade fair ground in Agargaon marking the grand opening of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway.
“Look at the sheer number of people – it is a sea of mass everywhere. I can hear the roaring sound of this vast ocean of people,” he added.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday afternoon inaugurated the much-awaited Dhaka Elevated Expressway's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport-Farmgate section for traffic.
After the inauguration, the colorful balloons were released.
Sheikh Hasina paid a toll at the Kawla point of the expressway in Khilkhet and became the first person to officially use the road after the inauguration.
The car carrying the prime minister entered the expressway from the north end in Kawla area after paying toll at the toll plaza there.
The long-awaited expressway is one of the mega infrastructure projects under the current government.
It will take 10 minutes for a vehicle to reach Farmgate from Kawla with a speed up to 60 km per hour.
This is the first project in the transport sector being implemented under the public-private partnership (PPP) with foreign investment.
The airport-Farmgate section will be opened to traffic at 6am on Sunday.
