Naming roads
Kamal Ahmed, Gulshan, Dhaka
It's praiseworthy that Dhaka City Corporation is naming roads after freedom fighters and sector commanders. But why re-name the existing roads which are in use or known for ages resulting practically in no use of new names ? Take, for example, Gulshan Avenue (which is in use for 30/35 years) from No.2 market to south which has been re-named after a freedom fighter, but I am yet to hear or see from anybody the new name. North of Gulshan-2 traffic point up to Pakistan High Commission presumably is still Gulshan Avenue which was systematically(holding) numbered; starting from the south end with odd number like 1 Gulshan Avenue on the west side and even number 2 Gulshan Avenue on the east side ending serially on the north side near Pakistan HC. So, if a part of Gulshan Avenue is renamed the serial holding numbers become inconsistent. To add more confusion, many newly constructed buildings do not show these holding numbers. Similarly, recently some numbered roads of Dhanmondi area have been named which will cause confusion.May I suggest that instead of re-naming the existing roads why not name the roads that do not have proper names e.g. so called Guslhan- Tejgaon link Road, Gulshan-1 to Badda link road (most roads are link roads, anyway), Gulshan-2 to Baridhara main road and many other roads in the city.
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