The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will award the work soon after evaluating the offers.

The DCC is advancing with the plan to start the construction by October, Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka said.

Three, out of the four short-listed companies, submit the second-phase proposals including financial, technical, operational and managerial offers by August 31, official sources said.

The companies are Belhasa-Accom Lasa, a joint venture of Dubai-Canada and Bangladesh, Cord-Percon, a Singapore-Malaysia joint venture and Projalama construction Sdn. Ltd., a Malaysian firm.

Menuju Asas Sdn. Bhd, a Malaysian company, did not submit the second proposal.

The construction work would be awarded after evaluation by the DCC, Dhaka Transport Coordina-tion Board, Local Government Engineering Department, Institute of Architects, Bangladesh, Institu-tion of Engineers, Bangladesh and international experts.

The DCC received the first-phase proposals from five companies on June 30.

The proposed four-lane flyover, is supposed to have two by-lanes, will reduce traffic pressure on Dhaka city and enable the people within 50 kilometres of Dhaka city to commute.

The flyover covers parts of Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, Demra, Gulistan, DIT Avenue, Sayedabad, Dayaganj, Buriganga Bridge-2, Motijheel, Tikatuli, Gopibagh, Wari, Narinda, Dholaipar.

It will be built on build-own-operate and transfer basis and the construction process would take three years.