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How to reclaim flyovers as people-centric ‘green’ infrastructure

Characterised by a culture of ad hocism, these valuable urban lands below elevated road infrastructures rarely reach their full potential.

India Kolkata flyover collapse: At least 18 dead

A flyover under construction in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta) collapses, killing at least 18 people and injuring others.

Moghbazar Flyover / Worker dies as iron rod falls on him

A construction worker was killed yesterday after an iron rod fell off Moghbazar-Malibagh flyover and hit his head in the capital's Eskaton.

Worker killed as rod falls off Moghbazar flyover

An iron rod fell off from Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover in Dhaka’s Eskaton area killing a construction worker.

A controversial flyover

The revised RSTP has been many years in the making. The inclusion of a project that has no part in the extensive network of roads-and-rail plan makes us wonder why it has been approved in the first place. From the looks of it the decision to go for this controversial flyover has been made on political grounds and not technical ones

Flyover on Dhaka-Sylhet highway soon

The government is to build a four-lane flyover at Bhulta on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway to ease traffic movement at the busy intersection used by vehicles of four different routes.

Moghbazar flyover ordeal won’t end soon (video)

What began as the construction of a one-of-a-kind elevated expressway in Dhaka two years ago, the Moghbazar flyover has suffered periods of lags in the making. The traffic situation along the construction site that has turned worse is unlikely to get better until the completion of the structure – not before 2017.

August 12, 2023
August 12, 2023

How to reclaim flyovers as people-centric ‘green’ infrastructure

Characterised by a culture of ad hocism, these valuable urban lands below elevated road infrastructures rarely reach their full potential.

March 31, 2016
March 31, 2016

India Kolkata flyover collapse: At least 18 dead

A flyover under construction in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta) collapses, killing at least 18 people and injuring others.

March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016

Worker dies as iron rod falls on him

A construction worker was killed yesterday after an iron rod fell off Moghbazar-Malibagh flyover and hit his head in the capital's Eskaton.

March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016

Worker killed as rod falls off Moghbazar flyover

An iron rod fell off from Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover in Dhaka’s Eskaton area killing a construction worker.

November 10, 2015
November 10, 2015

A controversial flyover

The revised RSTP has been many years in the making. The inclusion of a project that has no part in the extensive network of roads-and-rail plan makes us wonder why it has been approved in the first place. From the looks of it the decision to go for this controversial flyover has been made on political grounds and not technical ones

October 26, 2015
October 26, 2015

Flyover on Dhaka-Sylhet highway soon

The government is to build a four-lane flyover at Bhulta on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway to ease traffic movement at the busy intersection used by vehicles of four different routes.

August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015

Moghbazar flyover ordeal won’t end soon (video)

What began as the construction of a one-of-a-kind elevated expressway in Dhaka two years ago, the Moghbazar flyover has suffered periods of lags in the making. The traffic situation along the construction site that has turned worse is unlikely to get better until the completion of the structure – not before 2017.