Cars crawling in the congested roads in Dhaka are nothing new to our eyes; we all are accustomed to these sights. But now it is unbearable, it is time to say that Dhaka is a standstill city. Everybody is a sufferer whether he is driving a private car, riding on buses or taking rickshaws, and undoubtedly we can say that there is nobody living in this planet who can come up with a solution in the next five years (such a mess we have created!). Flyovers, underpasses, ring roads whatever you say will need at least five years to build. Then what will we do in the next five years? We have to think out of the box, something very different as nobody did. I have something to share with you not as an expert but simply as a victim of severe traffic jam.
Keep the schools timings at 7:00am to 1:00pm or some other time, other than 9:00am as the starting time which is the rush hour for office goers. Let us think-- how about all the shopping malls and banks opening by 11:00am and all the garment factories by 7:00am? These are all proposals only, and any alternative can be chosen.
The City Corporation should be strict about maintaining traffic rules in Dhaka city area. We know there is a rule that trucks and any kind of large vehicle cannot enter the city before 10:00pm, but we see that nobody follows the rule.