The Jamuna Bridge has recorded the highest-ever toll collection in a single day since its inauguration 27 years ago, with Tk 4 crore 10 lakh collected on Thursday as more than 64,000 vehicles crossed the bridge.
Executive engineer of the Jamuna Bridge Site Office, Ahsanul Kabir Pavel, on Friday said that toll revenue reached a record Tk 4,10,40,950 [4 crore 10 lakh 40 thousand 950] in the 24 hours from 12am Wednesday (June 4) to 12am Thursday (June 5).
The previous highest daily toll was Tk 3 crore 80 lakh 63 thousand four hundred, collected on June 14, last year, ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.
At that time, the bridge authority had installed six additional booths, three at each end of the bridge, to cope with the surge in traffic.
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Currently, toll is being collected through 18 booths and four additional booths dedicated to motorcycles, he added.
According to bridge authority data, 64,283 vehicles crossed the Jamuna Bridge during the record 24-hour period. Of them, 43,003 vehicles used the eastern toll plaza, generating Tk 2 crore 42 lakh 30 thousand seven hundred in tolls, while 21,280 vehicles crossed via the western toll plaza, contributing Tk 1 crore 68 lakh 10 thousand two hundred fifty.