Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government would build Dhaka as a “Smart City” as she opened the Kalshi Flyover and a six-lane road from ECB square to Kalshi to the traffic at Mirpur here.

“We will build Dhaka as a Smart City,” she said while addressing a public rally at Kalshi Balur Math here after opening the flyover and the road unveiling a plaque.

The prime minister said her government has taken plan keeping people’s welfare in mind.

At the rally, she also announced to rename the Kalshi flyover after Harun Mollah due to his glorious contribution to the Liberation War and all the democratic and progressive movements of the country.

The main problem of Dhaka city is not to have better connectivity between its East and West, the premier said, adding her government has attached priority to the development of communication system in this part of the capital.

She said this 2.34km Kalshi flyover and 3.70 km widened and developed six-lane road from the ECB square would ease the communication in Mirpur, DOHS, Pallabi, Kalshi, Mahakhali, Manikdi, Matikata, Bhashantek, Banani, Uttara and the Airport.dhngkfdvk