Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Karnaphuli Tunnel, the country's first underwater expressway tunnel in Chattagram, was built just for the convenience of the former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jabed, the chief adviser's press secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Wednesday

"We don't need Karnaphuli Tunnel right now. May be it would have been needed after 10 years, but not now," he said while speaking at the Development Journalists' Forum of Bangladesh (DJFB) talk held at the NEC Auditorium in the Planning Commission.

Shafiqul said that now the government is unable to collect even the loan servicing money from this tunnel's toll collection.

"This is because there is nothing on the other side. Anwara Upazila is there, which is the home place of the S...