Jhalakathi villagers suffer for over a decade
The 1.5 kilometre road in Rajapur upazila lies in awful condition since it was hit by super cyclone Sidr in 2007
Carrying his ailing mother in his arms, Abu Alam had to walk about one kilometre to reach Rajapur Upazila Health Complex due to a damaged village road.
The one-and-half km road at Gopalpur in Rajapur upazila lies in awful state since it was hit by super cyclone Sidr in 2007, causing immense sufferings to commuters of five villages.
Especially critical patients and students of different educational institutions are the worst sufferers due to the bad condition of the road, said locals.
The villages are Pargopalpur, Gopalpur, Sangor, Suktagar and Jagyrhat.
Rafizuddin, a farmer of Gopalpur village, said due to the damaged road, they have to face immense problem to bring their agricultural products to markets in the upazila and district headquarters.
Rana, a student of Rajapur Government College, said “I have to walk to go to my college. Even I can’t use my bicycle on the road as a number of potholes have developed on the road.”
Despite repeated pleas, the authorities concerned are yet to take any steps to repair the road, said villagers.
Mojibul Haque Mridha, chairman of Suktagor union parishad, said a tender will be floated soon to renovate the road.
Md Golam Mostofa, engineer of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Rajapur, said he joined here recently. Yet immediate steps will be taken to repair the road.