Situated near the Sonargaon intersection of the capital city, this underpass represents not only the small number of modern underpasses situated within the city, but also the irregularities of the authorities that taint pedestrian thoroughfares throughout the city.

Poor lighting facilities, dirty walls along with grubby floors that are missing numerous marble slabs, broken staircases and a leaking overhead sewerage line evidently reflect the authorities indifference towards its maintenance.

Thousands of pedestrians including porters from the Karwan Bazar wholesale markets use this underpass everyday risking injuries due to broken and worn out stairs along with the missing marble slabs.

This correspondent found a porter carrying a bulky basket on his head slip on the stairs and fell ten feet down the steps, breaking his ribs and injuring his left leg. The on duty security official told this correspondent that similar accidents occur frequently in the underpass.

Things get only worse for the women and elderly people who are compelled to use the underpass not only risking injuries, they have to contend with the nuisance of the poorly preserved facilities as well.

Littered with all sorts of garbage along with the water dipping from the overhead sewerage lines, the floors of the underpass always tend to remain dirty.

Although two sweepers have been engaged by the DCC to keep the facilities clean, their presence is barely illustrated by the filthy state of the underpass.

According to sources, the sweepers do their mopping jobs only once a day. They said that, the sheer number of people using the underpass marks the underpass as a vital element in the region's pedestrian movement, making this pedestrian thoroughfare an important candidate for constant maintenance.