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The 3.1 km Kuril Flyover in Dhaka, Bangladesh will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister to help reduce traffic congestion in the surrounding areas. The flyover is 8.9 meters wide and 14.6 meters high, providing an uninterrupted connection between five busy areas. Currently, about 157,000 vehicles pass through the intersection daily, but a level crossing closes 98 times per day, stopping traffic for 8 hours and creating 1 km backups. The new flyover is expected to allow unimpeded traffic flow and save commuters time and fuel.

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Purbachal Map

The 3.1 km Kuril Flyover in Dhaka, Bangladesh will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister to help reduce traffic congestion in the surrounding areas. The flyover is 8.9 meters wide and 14.6 meters high, providing an uninterrupted connection between five busy areas. Currently, about 157,000 vehicles pass through the intersection daily, but a level crossing closes 98 times per day, stopping traffic for 8 hours and creating 1 km backups. The new flyover is expected to allow unimpeded traffic flow and save commuters time and fuel.

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The much-talked-about 3.

1-kilometre Kuril Flyover will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tomorrow with hopes that
traffic congestion in adjoining areas will be reduced to a great extent.
The 8.9 metre wide and 14.6 metre high flyover comprises four sections providing uninterrupted connection among Hazrat Shahjalal
International Airport, Nikunja, Banani, Rampura and Purbachal areas.
According to a Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) estimate of 2007, around 1,57,000 vehicles coming from the five
aforementioned areas crosses the Kuril intersection every day.
At present, a level crossing at the intersection closes 98 times every day, halting traffic for a total of eight hours and creating around
one-kilometre long tailbacks in the five directions, said a Rajuk assistant engineer.
Preferring anonymity, he said the flyover would help in the uninterrupted movement of traffic, saving valuable time and fuel of
commuters. By 2015, around 3,59,520 vehicles would be using the flyover every day, he added.
Project Builders Limited, and China Major Bridge Engineering Corporation jointly built the flyover at a cost of Tk 306 crore,
provided by Rajuk.
The present government approved the project, initially estimated to cost Tk 153 crore, in March 2010 and it was scheduled to be
opened to traffic in December 2012.
The opening was deferred two more times, in March and June, while the costs doubled which Rajuk blame on frequent hartals and
failure to acquire land on time.
The flyovers foundation stone was laid by a former caretaker government chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, on December 17, 2008.
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