Nearly 35-kilometre tailback reported on Dhaka-Chittagong highway

A nearly 35-kilometre tailback was reported on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway on Thursday. 

The traffic started from the Comilla Cantonment area and extended till Chandina and Daudkandi’s Gauripur. 

In the early hours of Thursday, a lorry upturned in Daudkandi’s Iliotganj area, blocking the two-way lane, Daudkandi Highway Police Sub Inspector Md Salauddin said. 

Sabuj, a Dhaka-bound passenger told Bangla Tribune that he set out from Comilla at 9am and has been stuck in front of the cantonment ever since. 

Iliotganj Highway Police outpost in-charge Premdhan Majumder says that the lorry has been removed and police was working to clear the tailback.

Dhaka Tribune