Dhaka-Chattogram Highway. Photo : BSS

CUMILLA, April 5, 2025 (BSS) - After four-day of the Eid-ul-Fitr, home-goers are returning to workplace smoothly as there is no traffic congestion on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highways.

Police and officials concerned familiar with the traffic management system told BSS that traffic movement is normal on the 104-kilometer Cumilla area of the country's busiest highways. 

"We, along with other forces, have been working round-the-clock on the highways to keep the highway safe before and after the Eid," Highway Cumilla Region Police Superintendent Md Khairul Alam said today.

The army personnel and voluntary organizations have cooperated in the activities making movement of people before and after Eid easy, breaking all previous records, he mentioned.

The police officer said regular operations are being conducted to prevent road accidents, control high speed, ban the three-wheelers 'movement and maintain law and order on the highway. Cases are being filed and fines are being imposed for breaching the traffic rules every day. 

There are 12 hotspots on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway from the toll plaza of the Daudkandi Meghna-Gomti Bridge in Cumilla to Amjader Bazar in Chauddagram. 

Before Eid, the law enforcement agencies demolished all illegal structures built at various places along this highway.

All government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous offices will open tomorrow, after a nine-day holiday on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festivals of the Muslims.

Shams Tabriz, a resident of the city's Chawkbazar area, said, "Keeping in mind the traffic jam, I left home with extra time in my hand . . . but I reached Dhaka in one and a half hours as there was no traffic jam".

Kasedul Haque Chowdhury, a passenger who left Cumilla for Dhaka during the Eid holidays, said, "I left Cumilla and reached Dhaka in two hours comfortably".

Asia Paribahan worker Mujib Mia said, "No vehicle, leaving Cumilla for Dhaka, have empty seats. There is a lot of pressure of passengers. We are not also charging any extra fare".