Staff Reporter :
Torrential rains in last few days made the city roads unusable. Water logging, potholes and rugged roads have made it quite difficulty for transports to ply on.
“Starting by bus from Progati Sarani at 3:15 pm, I reached Maniknagar at 6:45pm. It takes around four hours instead of normal one hour,” Sumon Biswas, a commuter told The New Nation yesterday.
He said, water logging, potholes and dilapidated condition create huge tailback. The transports cannot run with normal speed. Moreover some development work by the city corporation and other utility services has worsened the situation.
The heavy and incessant rainfall made roads dilapidated. In some areas, drainage systems were also damaged.
The roads from Malibagh level crossing to Chowdhury Para, Rampura, Banasree, Gulistan, Jatrabari, Mirhajirbag and Sayedabad looked like water bodies.
The transport drivers also became annoyed and disappointed as they failed to run vehicles with normal speed.
“We cannot drive our buses with normal speed because of numerous potholes. The danger rises when rainwater hides the potholes. It makes possibility of accidents,” said Ali Akbar, a bus driver in Motijheel.
Drivers said, most of the roads in the Dhaka city are unusable due to heavy rainfall of past few days.
The Rampura to Demra Road is rugged in many places. The road from Khilgaon level crossing to Malibagh level crossing is more vulnerable.
The road from Khilgaon flyover to Bashabo-Nandipara areas has become unfit. Jurain-Gulistan and Jurain-Jatrabari roads and Bashabo-WASA roads are also in vulnerable conditions. Toyenbi Circular Road to Motijheel-Kamlapur have numerous potholes.
Roads at Uttar Goran, Sipahibagh, Jatrabari, Sayedabad and adjacent areas also unusable due to huge potholes and broken conditions. Roads at Moghbazar, Tejgaon and adjacent areas and Mohakhali have numerous potholes.
Md. Asaduzzaman, the Additional Chief Engineer of DSCC and Director of the Road Development project, said, ” DSCC has taken initiatives to repair all damaged roads.”
Qudrat Ullah, the Additional Chief Engineer of DNCC said,”We have already started some repair work.”
