THE home rush begins as people wishing to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with family members in other towns and rural areas are on the move. It is high time their safety issue need to be high on the card. Passengers are now flocking out of the city. Meanwhile home-goers of North and South Bengal are facing the tough challenge to reach destinations by roads and highways as the main ferry ghats at Patauriya and Mawa have collapsed from river erosion. We hope that the Roads and Highways Department will take every step to run the ferries quickly to reduce long traffic congestion on both banks of the river Padma to keep passengers suffering at the low.
Meanwhile tailback on Tangail highway is blocking movement of traffic towards far-north to Bogra, Rangpur and Dinajpur districts. The weather condition appears good this week after several days of rains. There is a big apprehension that if rains start again, the poor condition of roads and highways at many places may make homebound journey more vulnerable to accidents. Tens of thousands of people are on the move making the highways highly congested and their homebound trips longer and hazardous. The tailback on Dhaka-Chittagong highway is also causing long queues. It is time we will call for utmost care of the bus drivers and other operators to move carefully to avoid accidents. Highway Police should keep vigilance and clear the congestion as earlier possible at any spot. We have warned earlier and giving the reminder again nobody should be allowed
to run poor dilapidated vehicles such as buses and launches to carry passengers on this occasion as news report said many have repaired such vehicles to make money at home-goers perils. It will be a big crime.
Traffic jam is also causing rush in waterways overcrowding passengers of southern coastal districts in Sadarghat launch terminals. Many have failed to buy tickets earlier and are gathering at the terminal to get tickets from black marketeers. Meanwhile, concerns remain of their safety as launch operators operate faulty vessels and carry overload on such occasion to cause accidents. It is a total chaotic situation at the city’s main launch terminal and we must say law enforcers should keep highest vigilance so that faulty vessels can’t leave the terminal.
It appears that journey by train is less risky. Passengers are also flocking to city’s main Kamalapur Railway Station and at other stations. Here the problem is that the number of trains is limited compared to passengers’ rush and trains are mostly missing their schedules by hours. We must say it is a very challenging task to make sure the safety of several million passengers and there should not be any laxity from any quarter until people can return the city to join their work.
Meanwhile tailback on Tangail highway is blocking movement of traffic towards far-north to Bogra, Rangpur and Dinajpur districts. The weather condition appears good this week after several days of rains. There is a big apprehension that if rains start again, the poor condition of roads and highways at many places may make homebound journey more vulnerable to accidents. Tens of thousands of people are on the move making the highways highly congested and their homebound trips longer and hazardous. The tailback on Dhaka-Chittagong highway is also causing long queues. It is time we will call for utmost care of the bus drivers and other operators to move carefully to avoid accidents. Highway Police should keep vigilance and clear the congestion as earlier possible at any spot. We have warned earlier and giving the reminder again nobody should be allowed
to run poor dilapidated vehicles such as buses and launches to carry passengers on this occasion as news report said many have repaired such vehicles to make money at home-goers perils. It will be a big crime.
Traffic jam is also causing rush in waterways overcrowding passengers of southern coastal districts in Sadarghat launch terminals. Many have failed to buy tickets earlier and are gathering at the terminal to get tickets from black marketeers. Meanwhile, concerns remain of their safety as launch operators operate faulty vessels and carry overload on such occasion to cause accidents. It is a total chaotic situation at the city’s main launch terminal and we must say law enforcers should keep highest vigilance so that faulty vessels can’t leave the terminal.
It appears that journey by train is less risky. Passengers are also flocking to city’s main Kamalapur Railway Station and at other stations. Here the problem is that the number of trains is limited compared to passengers’ rush and trains are mostly missing their schedules by hours. We must say it is a very challenging task to make sure the safety of several million passengers and there should not be any laxity from any quarter until people can return the city to join their work.
