A 10-kilometre traffic jam, triggered by a road accident, choked the Cumilla section of the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on Thursday morning, causing immense suffering for commuters.

The gridlock, which began early Thursday, stretched from Putia in Eliotganj of Daudkandi to the Meghna-Gomti Bridge on the Dhaka-bound carriageway.

This marks the third consecutive day that heavy traffic paralysed the highway from dawn until well into the afternoon, causing concerns and anxieties among home-bound passengers ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha holiday.

According to Iqbal Bahar Mojumdar, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Daudkandi Highway Police Station, the tailback was triggered when a truck overturned near the Meghna-Gomti Bridge around 5:00am, halting vehicular movement.

"The police moved quickly to remove the overturned truck from the highway. We are hopeful that the situation will return to normalcy soon," he said.

With only a few days left before Eid-ul-Azha, the volume of vehicles on the highway has surged significantly.

Commuters express deep worry that these frequent, prolonged traffic jams will only worsen, severely disrupting their holiday travel plans.

Source: UNB