Comilla city life quite bumpy
Cracks and potholes have developed in most of the road stretching around 500 kilometres in Comilla City Corporation area, causing inconvenience to movement of vehicles and pedestrians.
In the rainy season, the roads become a quagmire after many parts of them erode into holes.
Even after a short rainfall, water covers the potholes of the roads due to improper drainage system.
In many areas, potholes have turned into shallow pools due to stagnant water.
Lack of repair work, absence of a system to drain out the rainwater and poor maintenance by the authorities concerned are responsible for the waterlogging keeping these roads in awful condition.
The news agency found that deep potholes have been created on the roads from Dharmapur East Chaumuhani to Badshah Mia Bazar in the Station Road area.
Besides, big potholes have developed in many areas, including Kandirpar Pubali Chattar to Dharmapur on the Nazrul Avenue, Ranirbazar Road and Dharmapur to Victoria College Road.
These roads go under water even after a slight rainfall.
As the roads are not fit for vehicular movement, rickshaws, auto-rickshaws and other vehicles have to struggle to cross the roads amid high risk of accident.
Sufferings of the city dwellers in the area from Kandirpar to Police Line know no bound due to the dilapidated condition of the road.
Hedayet Ullah, lecturer of Comilla Victoria Government College, said the road from Pubali Chattar to Dharmapur lies battered with many potholes and remains unfit for use.
Shah Alam Majumdar, a businessman, claimed that the Station Road is an important road in the city and so many big potholes have been created on the road as it has not seen any repair work in the last 10 years.
Nagar Bhaban sources said the drainage work of Kandirpar to Police Line Road had started and after its completion, road repair work will start.
CCC Executive Engineer Sheikh Mohammad Nurullah said reconstruction works of 116 roads, involving Tk 12.85 crore, are expected to start by July 13.
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