<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The exit ramp of Dhaka Elevated Expressway's Karwan Bazar section, in front of FDC, opened to traffic on Wednesday (March 20, 2024).</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader formally opened the ramp in the morning.</div><div><br></div><div>With this, 16 ramps of the Elevated Expressway have been opened so far.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 3 last year, the 11.5 km Airport-Farmgate stretch of Dhaka Elevated Expressway was opened to traffic and today the FDC gate ramp was opened. “This is an Eid gift from the Prime Minister for the people,” Quader said.</div><div><br></div><div>“We will be able to fully open it by the beginning of next year. Hatirjheel ramp will be opened and progress is on following that direction,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Asked about the increased traffic congestion in Dhaka during the month of Ramadan, the minister said, “People go to shopping malls during Ramadan and there will be some traffic jam. However, there is no traffic jam from Uttara to Motijheel. People can easily reach their destinations.”</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on September 2, 2023 inaugurated the Airport-Farmgate segment of Dhaka Elevated Expressway.</div><div><br></div><div>The total length of the expressway is 19.73 km and people can enter and exit the expressway through ramps in 31 points.</div><div><br></div><div>The project director said 72.51 percent work of the expressway has been completed and the work at Hatirjheel and Panthakunja points is underway.</div><div><br></div><div>The Dhaka Elevated Expressway project was undertaken in 2011. On December 15, 2013, Bangladesh Bridge Authority signed a revised agreement with First Dhaka Elevated Expressway Company Limited, the investment company of the project. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>