Holiday rush results in 12km tailback on Dhaka-Aricha highway

Commuters heading home ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr had to suffer through a 12km tailback on the Dhaka-Aricha highway on Wednesday. Massive traffic jams were witnessed on the highway from Tepra point to Baniajuri point, which forced many people to walk a couple of kilometres. Sources said that lakhs of people have crossed the river