Dhaka-Aricha road a death trap: Quader
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the 22 dangerous curves, which have made the Dhaka-Aricha highway a death trap, will be widened to four lanes.
In an attempt to check road accidents on the busy highway, the work will be completed in the next three months, he said.
The minister told this to journalists after inaugurating a Load Control Station (weighing scale) at Bathuli in Dhamrai upazila to protect the road from damage by overloaded vehicles and control road crashes.
Qauder said the weighing scale begins operation from today [yesterday], but the highway users, transport owners, and workers will be given 15 days to be aware. During the period, nobody will face penalty; legal action will be enforced from February 6, he added.
The minister also visited the 22 accident-prone points including Joka where filmmaker Tareque Masud, ATN news chief executive officer (CEO) Ashfaque Munier Mishuk, and three others were killed in an accident on August 13, 2011.
Local lawmakers Benzir Ahmed and Zahid Maleque Swapan, Roads and Highways Chief Engineer Aminur Rahman Laskar, and Nirapad Sarak Chai Andolon chairman Ilyas Kanchan were present during the visit.
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