Utter waste of public money
The lack of coordination and any attempt to find a possible solution when it comes to public repair and construction jobs in our cities is baffling to say the least. A picture published in this newspaper on Wednesday illustrates the point clearly. Barely a few months after a pavement in Kazi Nazrul Islam Road was rebuilt with concrete, the Dhaka North City Corporation started digging a trench there to build a footbridge. That the newly constructed road, a Tk 8 crore project, had to be destroyed to do this, and this could have been avoided through coordination between the civil engineering and the traffic circle raises several questions.
Firstly, since this state of affairs is nothing new, and people all over the city have to bear with re-digging of roads throughout the year, why has there been no solution yet? Surely, given that the DNCC itself says there is a lack of coordination, it should not take years to fix such a simple problem. Secondly, one may wonder, is the lack of initiative intentional—is anyone making profits out of this constant spending on the same roads? These are important questions, especially since the projects are funded with public money. On top of that, irresponsible spending, without any net result, is simply ridiculous. Why are we doing the same thing, over and over, and wasting resources that could have gone towards other projects?
It is high time the city corporations act. Communication and coordination between the various authorities and bodies is crucial, of course, but equally important is investigation to see if there is corruption in the spending. Dhaka, otherwise, will remain a city of disrepair and money will continue to be wasted.
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