Bus service needed
Tanvir Ahmed, South Madartek, Dhaka
The inhabitants of four wards under Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), ward no 25, 26, 27 and 28, are totally deprived of bus service. As a result, inhabitants of these areas are alienated from central Dhaka. At present, rickshaws and human-haulers are the only available transports for over five lakh locals to go to workplaces in commercial areas, which is troublesome, especially during the office hours. For women and elderly people, the communication problem is even worse. Even some services: such as private ambulance and emergency water supply trucks of Wasa refuse to go to these areas because of terrific jam.We would like to mention here that till 1988, there was a bus service from Gulistan to Madartek. But the service could not continue after the floods in 1988, because of the obstacles created by the influential locals backed by human hauler drivers and helpers. It's true that a bus service on a narrow street can create terrific jam. To solve the problem, the inhabitants of the wards have appealed several times to DCC officials to widen the street. After a fruitful negotiation, the DCC ensured us that the Basabo-Nandipara link road would be broadened. But at present the road is only 20 feet wide at some points and 40 feet at some other points. We hope that the government agencies concerned will take the initiative to make the link road even. An approach road of 60 feet width has recently been constructed from Konapara, Demra to Nandipara under Sabujbagh PS. We believe that if the Basabo-Madartek link road is converted to a 60 feet wide link road, a bus service could be introduced from Demra to Gulistan bypassing the Jatrabari- Sayedabad intersection, which will reduce the extra pressure of vehicles at those busy points.
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