Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- A Dhaka-Tamabil highway project for sub-regional connectivity remains subdued as nine years got lost in land-acquisition hassles, thus raising the overall cost to Tk 284.016 billion, officials say.

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) couldn't complete acquiring land during this long time and so the construction of the important regional transport corridor connecting northeastern-frontier-point Tamabil got stalled.

The delays have pushed up the total cost of the 209-km-long 4-lane Dhaka (Kanchpur)-Sylhet-Tamabil highway works, they have said.

As such, the government has extended the land-acquisition timeline by two more years up to December 2027 for the state-run road developer, RHD.

RHD officials have hinted that the...