Unmarked speed breakers pose risk
Unmarked speed breakers in Inderhat-Chandkathi road in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur pose risk of accidents for drivers and commuters.
There are 31 unmarked speed breakers in the 16-kilometre road that is used for going to Pirojpur district headquarters, Nazirpur upazila, Goplaganj, Barishal and other areas of the country.
The speed breakers, made allegedly by locals for their convenience, cause problems for users of the road including a large number of motorcyclists, especially at night.
"As the speed breakers are unmarked, we often fail to identify them from a reasonable distance. When a motorbike comes across such a speed breaker, it becomes difficult to control the vehicle," said Koushik Bepary, a motorcyclist on the road.
"I have to run my motorbike along the road several times daily. And so, I know where the speed breakers are and have got used to the situation. Still I face trouble when I have to move at night," said Md Nadim, another motorcyclist.
The road with roughly made speed breakers poses risk for the newcomers, he said.
Over 2,000 vehicles including battery-run auto-rickshaws, leguna (locally made motorised three-wheelers), passenger carrying motorbikes and personal motorbikes move on the road daily, locals said, adding that the unmarked speed breakers pose problems for the vehicles.
"I find it difficult to move on the road as I have to cross over 30 speed breakers," said Mohammad Ibrahim, driver of a battery-run auto-rickshaw plying the road.
Mir Ali Shakir, upazila engineer at Nesarabad, admitted that the unmarked speed breakers cause sufferings to people using Inderhat-Chandkathi road.
"I also face trouble while traveling along the road by motorbike. The speed breakers were not made when Local Government Engineering Department constructed the road. Locals made those later for their own interest.
"We asked the local public representatives to see the matter but they seem not careful about it. At this moment we do not have any fund for removing the speed breakers," he said.
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