Staff Reporter :
After celebrating three days of the Eid-ul-Azha vacation, home-goers started coming back to the city but Dhaka is still in holiday mood.
Yesterday (Monday) was the first working day after the vacation and people’s attendance in their workspaces was very thin.
Apart from government offices and financial institutions, most of the private organisations and shops were found closed after the Eid vacation.
Except high officials, about 20-30 per cent government staff had joined the workplace.
Those who joined passed their time exchanging greetings with each other.
City roads and streets had not gotten back to its regular state due to persisting of holiday mood.
A very few mass transports and private vehicles plied city roads, which city dwellers consider a bit relief of traffic congestion.
City dwellers who stayed in the city during the holiday roamed freely and smoothly. However, they faced a dearth of transports. They had thronged different tourist spots of the city with family members searching recreation as they usually get little scope in the busy city life to do so.
The office zones in the city like Motijheel, Paltan, Secretariat, Gulisthan, Banglamotor, Firmgate, Shahbagh, Karwanbazar, Tejgaon, Segunbagicha, Sher-e-Banglanagar and other areas are yet to get back to normal business due to less presence of people and transports.
Some 50 lakh people had left the city for celebrating Eid by road, rail, water and air ways this year who would join their workplace eventually and turn the city to its previous state of chaos, congestion and rush.
Some people who stayed in the city during the Eid holiday for different purposes were found leaving the city to different destinations for making holiday and to meet near and dear ones yesterday (Monday).
A significant crowd was found at the Kamalapur rail station who booked tickets queuing for a long time to make journey by train.
A large crowd returning to the city were found at Sayedabad, Gabtoli and
Mohakhali bus terminals, while many wishing to visit home were found booking tickets.
These people could not leave the city due to extra pressure of passengers, hazards, unavailability of tickets and work purposes during the Eid holiday.
Mohsin Hossain, a business man, told the New Nation that work pressure is less for him now.
“To avoid rush and hazard, I am choosing the post-vacation time for visiting my home in Bogra,” he said.
After celebrating three days of the Eid-ul-Azha vacation, home-goers started coming back to the city but Dhaka is still in holiday mood.
Yesterday (Monday) was the first working day after the vacation and people’s attendance in their workspaces was very thin.
Apart from government offices and financial institutions, most of the private organisations and shops were found closed after the Eid vacation.
Except high officials, about 20-30 per cent government staff had joined the workplace.
Those who joined passed their time exchanging greetings with each other.
City roads and streets had not gotten back to its regular state due to persisting of holiday mood.
A very few mass transports and private vehicles plied city roads, which city dwellers consider a bit relief of traffic congestion.
City dwellers who stayed in the city during the holiday roamed freely and smoothly. However, they faced a dearth of transports. They had thronged different tourist spots of the city with family members searching recreation as they usually get little scope in the busy city life to do so.
The office zones in the city like Motijheel, Paltan, Secretariat, Gulisthan, Banglamotor, Firmgate, Shahbagh, Karwanbazar, Tejgaon, Segunbagicha, Sher-e-Banglanagar and other areas are yet to get back to normal business due to less presence of people and transports.
Some 50 lakh people had left the city for celebrating Eid by road, rail, water and air ways this year who would join their workplace eventually and turn the city to its previous state of chaos, congestion and rush.
Some people who stayed in the city during the Eid holiday for different purposes were found leaving the city to different destinations for making holiday and to meet near and dear ones yesterday (Monday).
A significant crowd was found at the Kamalapur rail station who booked tickets queuing for a long time to make journey by train.
A large crowd returning to the city were found at Sayedabad, Gabtoli and
Mohakhali bus terminals, while many wishing to visit home were found booking tickets.
These people could not leave the city due to extra pressure of passengers, hazards, unavailability of tickets and work purposes during the Eid holiday.
Mohsin Hossain, a business man, told the New Nation that work pressure is less for him now.
“To avoid rush and hazard, I am choosing the post-vacation time for visiting my home in Bogra,” he said.
