Prohibition on all sorts of public transportation including rickshaws, human haulers and buses on this avenue left commuters with no option but to depend solely on ever-defiant CNG-run auto rickshaws or taxi cabs.

Human haulers, the most favoured means of transport for the commuters, have been barred from this road earlier this year while rickshaws and buses were withdrawn years back.

The commuters from Notun Bazar to Kakoli, Banani or elsewhere need to find a way to reach Gulshan 2 from where they can board human haulers or buses that come from Gulshan 1.

Thousands of office goers, students, businessmen and general commuters undergo immense sufferings everyday on their quest to reach their destinations.

Thousands of private jobholders, students, businessmen and others have to undergo this suffering due to lack of public transport or rickshaws.

During the office hours, hundreds of commuters are seen on the pavement beside the US embassy, anxiously waiting for transport. Whenever an autorickshaw stops there, several passengers encircle it to rent it. Eventually, the autorickshaw takes 4 to 5 distinct passengers charging around Tk 25 to Tk 30 from each of them for a small trip to Banani.

"Previously I had to wrestle my way inside the human hauliers and now I have to do the same sort of scuffles just to get a CNG autorickshaw," said Aziz-ul-huq, a service holder from South Badda.

"I used to spend Tk 3 to go to Banani Bazar from Natun Bazar in a human haulier, but now I have to spend Tk 30 to cover the same distance with CNG three-wheelers," he added.

Tareq Ahmed, a student of American International University Bangladesh (AIUB), has to pass through this street to go to his university located on the Manik Mia Avenue. Although usually he uses a private car, once in a while he tends to take the bus when the car is not available.

He tends to leave the bus at Natun Bazar and board a human haulier to reach his university. However, unaware of the ban of the human hauliers, Tareq found himself in the middle of nowhere. After waiting around half an hour for an autorickshaw Tareq finally gave up and started walking.

As rickshaws are prohibited from the main street, sometimes rickshawpullers agree to drop off passengers near Banani Bridge for a hefty amount of fare. They dodge traffic officials and slowly zigzag their way across the different alleys to finally drop the passengers off near the bridge.

Two to three passengers tend to share the rickshaw for such trip paying Tk around 20 each.

Local ward commissioner AFM Abdul Aleem could not be reached for his comment despite repeated attempts.

According to traffic officials, the lack of adequate public transportation in this street is due to the number of foreign embassies located in the region.

"This street is a vital organ in the city's traffic infrastructure as it connects the northern part of the city with the vast northeastern part. The thousands of people who use this street certainly need some more public transportation," said an official from the traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

"Buses are prohibited from plying this street, and I am not really sure why they banned human hauliers too," he added.