Staff Reporter :
The residents of Journalist Housing Society [Sangbadik Abasik Elaka] in the city’s Mirpur-11 area have been experiencing from water logging after brief or light rains as the adjacent drains, choked with garbage, can hardly clear the rainwater.
The irony is that the large open drain constructed in east side of the society a few years back to improve water logging is now became the main problem. It cannot take huge water pressure of the area.
Besides, the small drains inside the society, those were built to clean up the household used water, are now totally inoperative due to lack of monitoring of the concerned supervising authority.
In this backdrop, some dishonest house owners have linked their house sewers to the drains. Besides, dumping of waste directly into the drains is also common scenario in the area.
According to locals, the drains were constructed after the natural reservoirs like ponds and ditches had been filled up to make way for new houses.
Mansur Mia, who lives on Road-3 in the society, said irresponsible dumping habits of fellow residents and indifference of the authorities [Journalists Housing Cooperative Society] to the situation defeats the purpose of the drains.
“As several of us have connected their sewer pipes with the drains and household waste make water logging even worse and expose us to serious health hazards,” he observed.
Another resident Sanu Mohammad said the road goes under ankle- to knee-deep water even after 15 minutes of rain since the drains are almost blocked. “It becomes impossible to move even inside the society due to water logging. Usually, the uncovered drains have also become the breeding ground for mosquitoes.”
An owner, who owns a house on Road-2 requesting anonymity, said a huge number of people live here for easy communication and other facilities. But they now face difficulty during the rainy season as the entire society remains
submerged in filthy water.
Afia and Ania, class four students of Little Flowers Preparatory School, said going to school is quite an arduous task on rainy days as it requires them to wade through west-mixed knee-deep water. Besides, it is hard to find rickshaws or other vehicles as the inside roads are in a very poor condition.
Ayesha, a class nine student of Mirpur Bangla High School, too complained about having to walk through water too stinky for one to leave nose open.
Not only that, the newly constructed Purabi-Kalshi road in Mirpur also goes under water causing immense suffering to the commuters and forcing them to use the alternative roads in many cases.
The condition of the 1.4 km road is deteriorating every day also triggering a total chaos in traffic movement during busy office and school hours, locals alleged.
They said, a five-minute ride on this road in rainy days takes up to an hour. It’s horrible! The road goes under waist-deep water just after ten to fifteen minutes rain.
As a result, the traffic jam extends to the 1.8-kilometre flyover, which extends from Matikata to Airport Road at Zia Colony, paralyzing the traffic movement between Mirpur, Shahjalal International Airport, Uttara, Banani, Gulshan and Mohakhali areas.
On the other hand, the huge water of Kalshi road enters in the Journalist Housing Society through the main gate and submerged the area. In fact, the inner roads of society turn into drain to carry out the water flow of the area.
Residents of the area have urged the government to take immediate step to tackle the situation.
The residents of Journalist Housing Society [Sangbadik Abasik Elaka] in the city’s Mirpur-11 area have been experiencing from water logging after brief or light rains as the adjacent drains, choked with garbage, can hardly clear the rainwater.
The irony is that the large open drain constructed in east side of the society a few years back to improve water logging is now became the main problem. It cannot take huge water pressure of the area.
Besides, the small drains inside the society, those were built to clean up the household used water, are now totally inoperative due to lack of monitoring of the concerned supervising authority.
In this backdrop, some dishonest house owners have linked their house sewers to the drains. Besides, dumping of waste directly into the drains is also common scenario in the area.
According to locals, the drains were constructed after the natural reservoirs like ponds and ditches had been filled up to make way for new houses.
Mansur Mia, who lives on Road-3 in the society, said irresponsible dumping habits of fellow residents and indifference of the authorities [Journalists Housing Cooperative Society] to the situation defeats the purpose of the drains.
“As several of us have connected their sewer pipes with the drains and household waste make water logging even worse and expose us to serious health hazards,” he observed.
Another resident Sanu Mohammad said the road goes under ankle- to knee-deep water even after 15 minutes of rain since the drains are almost blocked. “It becomes impossible to move even inside the society due to water logging. Usually, the uncovered drains have also become the breeding ground for mosquitoes.”
An owner, who owns a house on Road-2 requesting anonymity, said a huge number of people live here for easy communication and other facilities. But they now face difficulty during the rainy season as the entire society remains
submerged in filthy water.
Afia and Ania, class four students of Little Flowers Preparatory School, said going to school is quite an arduous task on rainy days as it requires them to wade through west-mixed knee-deep water. Besides, it is hard to find rickshaws or other vehicles as the inside roads are in a very poor condition.
Ayesha, a class nine student of Mirpur Bangla High School, too complained about having to walk through water too stinky for one to leave nose open.
Not only that, the newly constructed Purabi-Kalshi road in Mirpur also goes under water causing immense suffering to the commuters and forcing them to use the alternative roads in many cases.
The condition of the 1.4 km road is deteriorating every day also triggering a total chaos in traffic movement during busy office and school hours, locals alleged.
They said, a five-minute ride on this road in rainy days takes up to an hour. It’s horrible! The road goes under waist-deep water just after ten to fifteen minutes rain.
As a result, the traffic jam extends to the 1.8-kilometre flyover, which extends from Matikata to Airport Road at Zia Colony, paralyzing the traffic movement between Mirpur, Shahjalal International Airport, Uttara, Banani, Gulshan and Mohakhali areas.
On the other hand, the huge water of Kalshi road enters in the Journalist Housing Society through the main gate and submerged the area. In fact, the inner roads of society turn into drain to carry out the water flow of the area.
Residents of the area have urged the government to take immediate step to tackle the situation.
