Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- The government has scrapped the unfinished Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project from Dhaka airport to Gazipur, 14 years after it was taken up in December 2012 and after five extensions of its deadline.

The cabinet took the decision at a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Oct 18.

The next day, Oct 19, the BRT branch of the Road Transport and Highways Division at the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges informed the relevant offices by letter.

To make use of the Tk 28.11 billion already spent, the government has decided to rework the existing structures and turn the road into an ordinary six-lane highway.

The project has become a source of constant misery for hundreds of thousands of commuters trave...