Sylhet Correspondent :
Villagers have been suffering due to deplorable condition of the Lalabazar- HokiarChar Road in Lalabazar Union under Dakshin Surma Upazila of the district for long. Due to lack of repair for the last Five years,several hundred students of local educational institutions and other institutions are suffering much.
As numerous potholes have been created on the road, the people especially woman,old men and children face problem while moving through the road.
Locals demanded its immediate repair otherwise their sufferings will not end.
A grocer Shaju Miha of BibidoilBazaar said, “Due to lack of repair for long, the road has become unusable. As a result, we are using other roads to go to our destinations. The road has become so deplorable that even we face setback while walking through it. Besides, due to less use by the commuters, our trade has also suffered loss.”
Kamrul Islam A Local Villagers said, “Due to the recent flood, many big potholes have been created on the road. As a result, motor vehicles cannot move through the road. The vehicle drivers have to cross extra miles to go to LalaBazaar- Hakiarchar . Besides, passengers have to pay extra fare for going to their destinations. With our club’s funding, we made a bamboo structure at one point but after the recession of the flood water, the structure has been removed.”
A local trolley driver Md Siddik Mia said, “For long Five years, the road has not been repaired; so we are facing obstacle to run our vehicles through the road. Our vehicles get damaged very often. So we are currently using another road which is several kilometres long.”
In this connection, Dakshin Surma Upazila Engineer of Local Government Engineering Department said, “It is a rural road. There are several more important roads which are awaiting repair. We have got allocation for repairing this road. We hope to start the repair work soon.”
