Dhaka Elevated Expressway Dhaka Elevated Expressway Dhaka Elevated Expressway is Bangladesh's first elevated expressway project, which will connect the Shahjalal airport with Kutubkhali via Mohakhali, Tejgaon and Kamalapur of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of the largest infrastructure projects taken up by the incumbent government to ease traffic congestion in the capital. It will be long including the connecting roads and will cost around . From Bangladesh Economic Review:2016-17 The contract agreement has been signed with ‘Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited’ on 15 December 2013 to construct the 46.73 km (with ramp) long Dhaka elevated expressway at the cost of from Hazrat Shahjalal
History of Dhaka time. Although an important city in the Bengal province, Dhaka remained smaller than Kolkata, which served as the capital of British India for a long period of time. Under British rule, many modern educational institutions, public works and townships were developed. A modern water supply system was introduced in 1874 and electricity supply in 1878. The Dhaka Cantonment was established near the city, serving as a base for the soldiers of the British Indian Army. Dhaka served as a strategic link to the frontier of the northeastern states of Tripura and Assam. Charles D'Oyly was the District Collector of Dhaka