Trucks or tormentors?
Heavily loaded trucks plying throughout the night has become a headache for the residents of the road from Sutrapur to Postagola, one of the busiest thoroughfares in the city.
The Sutrapur to Postogola is the only road for Karimullah Beg, RCN Gate, IG Gate, Faridabad and Milbarak areas. There are four high schools, three primary schools, three colonies, police lines and barracks and Anjuman Mofidul Islam office in the area.
Millions of people use this road every day. Most of the time this road remains under repair and the average width of the road is only 15 feet.
Heavily loaded trucks use this road the whole day and their number increases after 6:00 or 7:00pm creating unbearable noise and traffic jam. They use this road to avoid traffic police in Jurain and Jatrabari road.
It is tough to cross the road during the day. At night crossing the road becomes almost impossible. It is also not possible for the residents to sleep.
In addition, Anjuman Mofidul Islam, a charity organization which has an ambulance service for the patients, cannot operate smoothly due to the jam. There is no traffic police here, especially from the evening. In this situation, people of this area - victims of traffic jam and unbearable noise - have appealed to the authorities concerned to solve the problem.
Most of the residents of the area feel that if the movement of heavy vehicles on the road is stopped, the problem will be solved. If this is not possible, the authorities can set up pole bars at a specific height on the road, especially near Gandaria telephone exchange, so that trucks and other heavy vehicles cannot use the road.
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