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City to get 2 new flyovers by this year

Helemul Alam
The long-awaited Kuril and Mirpur-Airport Road flyovers are likely to be completed by the end of this year as their construction work is going on in full swing.
Much progress has also been made in the Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover project as 45 percent of its construction has been completed ahead of schedule and the rest is expected to be completed before June 2013.
Of the three projects, the Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover, also known as Mayor Mohammad Hanif flyover, is being constructed under PPP (public private partnership).
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha is implementing the Kuril flyover project while the army the Mirpur-Airport Road flyover project.
Thirty five percent work of the 3.1 km Kuril flyover has been carried through, and the rest of the work is expected to be completed by December 12 this year, said Rajuk Chairman Nurul Huda.
“We are even working round the clock to complete it within the stipulated time,,” he told The Daily Star.
The Rajuk chief also said that the project was delayed for six months due to land disputes.
Abdul Baki Mian, project director (PD) of the Kuril flyover, said the width of the one-way flyover with four loops (two Y loops and two U loops) will be 6.7 to 9.2 metre.
The exit points of the Tk 254-crore flyover will be on Banani, Nikunja, Airport Road, Pragati Sarani and Purbachal roads, he said.
A small lake will be dug along the flyover for beautification and to protect the place from encroachment. Two footbridges on Airport Road and on Pragati Sarani will also be built, said the PD.
The construction work of around 2 km-long roads surrounding the flyover is also going on, he said.
MIRPUR-AIRPORT ROAD FLYOVER
Construction of 45 percent of the Mirpur-Airport Road has been completed so far, said PD Brig Gen Abu Sayed Mohammad Masud.
"We have already completed the foundation work including the pilings, pile cap and sub-structures," hesaid.
The army's Special Works Organisation (SWO) took charge of the project last June with the target of completing it by October this year.
The SWO engaged Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd for constructing the flyover with Tk 90.55 crore andAbdulMonem Ltd for the overpass and the linkage bridge with Tk 71.38 crore. The cost excluded construction materials.
Project sources said the government has so far disbursed Tk 35 crore for the
project. If the government fails to disburse fund timely, the project deadline may exceed, they added.
The construction of the 0.8 km Banani overpass will also be completed within October. The overpass will have six lanes and there will be a designated road. A link bridge will connect the overpass with the flyover, the PD said.
GULISTAN-JATRABARI FLYOVER
The Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover project seems to be making a good headway and is likely to be inaugurated two to three months early of the stipulated time, said PD Ashiqur Rahman.
The 10-km flyover stretches from Dhaka-Chittagong highway towards Palashi through Gulistan and Kaptan Bazar.
The defunct Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is the implementing agency of the project while Belhasa Accom and Associates Ltd, is the concessionaire.
Indian construction firm Simplex Infrastructure Ltd is working as contractor of flyover project while Lea Associates South Asia is engaged as the concessionaire's design consultant.
Though the construction works have been going on keeping the utility service structures intact, but in some cases, relocation of the structures is needed, said an official of DCC.
The authorities of utility services— Wasa, Titas gas, DPDC and BTCL - have already submitted a proposal of Tk 92.60 crore to the government for the relocation.