Dhaka is one of the most densely populated mega cities in the world. Anisul
Haque, the late mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), had undertaken a
project to construct eleven U-Turn between Satarasta (Tjgaon) to Uttara road to
reduce the traffic congestion in the capital city Dhaka. But after his death,
the project closed due to some land related problems of the Roads and Highways
Department. At last the project started again with a compensation of Tk 5.80 Crore
to Roads and Highways Department.
- Satrasta (Tejgaon)
- In front of Kohinoor Chemical Co Ltd in Tejgaon
- Mohakhali bus terminal
- Mohakhali flyover
- Chairman Bari
- Kakoli rail station
- Near Army Golf Club in Banani
- Kawla between Uttara and Khilkhet
- Near RAB 1 office in Uttara
- Jasimuddin Road uttara
- Abdullahpur in Uttara
Mr. Atiqul
Islam, present mayor of DNCC said that, recently after launch of two new U-Turn
in Uttara area, the traffic problems have become tolerable and we have decided
to start this project for the benefit of the people. Another U-turn is underway
in the Kawla area near Khilkhet. Hopefully the construction work will complete
within a month.
The former
Mayor Anisul Haque planned to construct 11 U-Turn / U-Loop from Satarasta to
Uttara road. Implementation of the project required 31.25 bigha land of Roads
and Highway Department, 1.61 bigha land of Bangladesh Railway and 1.83 bigha land
of Civil Aviation. The late mayor held several rounds of meetings with these organizations.
Of these, RHD
have the largest amount of land. The Department of Roads and Highways allowed
the use of 31.25 bigha land at no cost to the Mayor. But after his death, RHD
stopped working for the project. The department demanded money for the required
land, as a result the project cost increased.
On July 2018,
RHD agreed to give land for the project, seeking compensation of Tk. 5.80 Crore
adding the compensation to the project expenditure. The revised Development
Project Proposal (DPP) was sent to the Planning Commission from the Ministry of
Local Government on October last year.
Under this
project, SM Construction is constructing all the U turns. The construction work
of these u-turns will be completed in two phases. From first phases two u-turn
already opened, another will opened in next month. The overall work progress is
around 70 percent.
Satrasta
to Uttara is one of the busiest roads in the capital. There are traffic jams on
this road all the time. The U-Turns are being built based on the Turning Yard
theory. In these u-turn, the vehicles will be able to rotate without any
signal. And the biggest advantage is that, vehicles do not have to stand behind
any other vehicle, even it does not have to slow down for any traffic signal. Passengers
will enjoy traffic-free roads at a very low cost and without any hassle.
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