S.A.Shofiee, Sylhet :
Traffic congestion was common phenomenon in Sylhet city life. Drivers parked vehicles on roads.
Besides, haphazard parking of rickshaws and battery-run easy-bikes by the side of markets, shopping centres, educational institutions and key installations are narrowing the space of city streets, hampering smooth traffic movement.
City dwellers said they could hardly reach their destinations on time because of severe traffic jam.
Most traffic-clogged areas in the city are: Kean bridge, Zindabazar, Bondarbazar, Rikabibazar, Dorgagate, Lamabazar, Mendibagh, Dargahgate, Amberkhana, Chouhatta, Mirabazar, Shibganj, Sylhet Railway station, Kotomtoli and Kumargaon bus stand areas, according to townspeople.
Nahar Akter, a resident of Shibgonj area, said sometimes people were compelled to walk on roads as makeshift shops put up by hawkers along footpaths have grabbed a portion of walkways which also contributing to traffic congestion.
“Moreover, pedestrians also face road accidents while walking on main roads,” she said.
She demanded the authorities clear the footpaths ensuring safe movement at zebra crossings and footbridges and underpasses so that the pedestrians can move safely.
Lack of trafficking knowledge, narrow road and encroachment of footpaths are the main reason behind the traffic congestion, said sources at Sylhet Metropolitan Police.
The sources which preferred to be unnamed told that thousands of people from adjacent upazilas and other parts of the district came to the city area for various purposes every day. Entrance of additional people from outskirts of the city with a good number of vehicles during office hours contributed to the city’s traffic jam.
Amjad Hossain, a city dweller, said: “I get late at my office everyday due to traffic congestion.”
Traffic congestion was common phenomenon in Sylhet city life. Drivers parked vehicles on roads.
Besides, haphazard parking of rickshaws and battery-run easy-bikes by the side of markets, shopping centres, educational institutions and key installations are narrowing the space of city streets, hampering smooth traffic movement.
City dwellers said they could hardly reach their destinations on time because of severe traffic jam.
Most traffic-clogged areas in the city are: Kean bridge, Zindabazar, Bondarbazar, Rikabibazar, Dorgagate, Lamabazar, Mendibagh, Dargahgate, Amberkhana, Chouhatta, Mirabazar, Shibganj, Sylhet Railway station, Kotomtoli and Kumargaon bus stand areas, according to townspeople.
Nahar Akter, a resident of Shibgonj area, said sometimes people were compelled to walk on roads as makeshift shops put up by hawkers along footpaths have grabbed a portion of walkways which also contributing to traffic congestion.
“Moreover, pedestrians also face road accidents while walking on main roads,” she said.
She demanded the authorities clear the footpaths ensuring safe movement at zebra crossings and footbridges and underpasses so that the pedestrians can move safely.
Lack of trafficking knowledge, narrow road and encroachment of footpaths are the main reason behind the traffic congestion, said sources at Sylhet Metropolitan Police.
The sources which preferred to be unnamed told that thousands of people from adjacent upazilas and other parts of the district came to the city area for various purposes every day. Entrance of additional people from outskirts of the city with a good number of vehicles during office hours contributed to the city’s traffic jam.
Amjad Hossain, a city dweller, said: “I get late at my office everyday due to traffic congestion.”
