Dhaka, March 11 -- The Jatrabari-Gulistan flyover in the capital was built with a faulty design, which had significantly reduced its effectiveness in easing traffic congestion, said experts and officials at a meeting of the Planning Commission.

Design limitations, infrastructural constraints, and management shortcomings prevent the flyover from delivering the expected benefits, while commuters are forced to remain stuck in traffic for long hours every day, the meeting minutes revealed.

Representatives of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), and Orion Group, as well as officials of the Planning Commission and independent experts, attended the meeting.

Orion Group implemented the project under a public-pr...