Elevated Expressway's Banani toll plaza set on fire amid blackout

TBS Report

18 July, 2024, 08:55 pm

Last modified: 18 July, 2024, 08:59 pm

Elevated Expressway's Banani toll plaza set on fire amid blackout

TBS Report

18 July, 2024, 08:55 pm

Last modified: 18 July, 2024, 08:59 pm

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country's first Elevated Expressway in Dhaka on 2 September 2023. Photo: Olid Ebna Shah

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country's first Elevated Expressway in Dhaka on 2 September 2023. Photo: Olid Ebna Shah

The Dhaka Elevated Expressway's Banani toll plaza was set ablaze this evening at around 8:30pm amid a blackout in Mohakhali in the capital and surrounding areas.

According to eyewitnesses, traffic was halted and people were stuck in their vehicles on the Banani side.

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