Transport
Comilla is a hub of road communication for the eastern part of Bangladesh. The communication system is very much sound with bi-communication system- Roads and water ways throughout the region, particularly the eastern part is enrich with road communication. One of the oldest highways of the Indian Sub-continent, 'The Grand Trunk Road' passes through the city. At present, the most important Dhaka-Chittagong highway bypasses the city from the cantonment to Poduar Bazar. Center point of Comilla is located 97 kilometers away from the capital city, Dhaka which can be traveled by road or railway. Here goods and raw materials, soil are carried by tractor. Rickshaws pulled by rickshaw pullers is widely used and very much popular for short distance. In recent years the battery-driven auto rickshaw has become very popular.
It is on the Akhaura-Laksam-Chittagong Line.
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