Chaotic traffic


Photo: Munir uz Zaman / DrikNews

Who would want to sit inside a vehicle stuck in the middle of the road for 2-3 hours in the burning hot sun with the noise and pollution everywhere?
Unfortunately, almost everyone in Dhaka is undergoing the ordeal during the month of Ramadan and it's just too hectic for the people. It's either a traffic jam or an accident which just wastes half the day. Everyday we see in the news or in the newspaper something which has to do with traffic control or environmental problems. But I just have one question, will these problems EVER be solved? It's been a few months now with the roads under construction but there's still no sign of finishing it. Just last week there were two accidents in the airport road, I saw a car upside down and another accident which had to do with 5 vehicles smashed from the front and the back, I am sure that there is not even a single car in Dhaka without a scratch. Five years ago it took me only 15-20 minutes to go from Uttara to Baridhara and now it takes me half an hour or one hour to go there. The policeman who controls traffic doesn't actually do his job properly. Either I see them solving out a big fight in the middle of the traffic or just standing there talking with the other policemen. Or I see people jumping from those dividers out of nowhere and crossing the road. And the buses start racing on the main roads! This is very dangerous. Everyone should be aware of what's happening right now. We have to start reading between the lines. Bangladesh has changed…

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Chaotic traffic


Photo: Munir uz Zaman / DrikNews

Who would want to sit inside a vehicle stuck in the middle of the road for 2-3 hours in the burning hot sun with the noise and pollution everywhere?
Unfortunately, almost everyone in Dhaka is undergoing the ordeal during the month of Ramadan and it's just too hectic for the people. It's either a traffic jam or an accident which just wastes half the day. Everyday we see in the news or in the newspaper something which has to do with traffic control or environmental problems. But I just have one question, will these problems EVER be solved? It's been a few months now with the roads under construction but there's still no sign of finishing it. Just last week there were two accidents in the airport road, I saw a car upside down and another accident which had to do with 5 vehicles smashed from the front and the back, I am sure that there is not even a single car in Dhaka without a scratch. Five years ago it took me only 15-20 minutes to go from Uttara to Baridhara and now it takes me half an hour or one hour to go there. The policeman who controls traffic doesn't actually do his job properly. Either I see them solving out a big fight in the middle of the traffic or just standing there talking with the other policemen. Or I see people jumping from those dividers out of nowhere and crossing the road. And the buses start racing on the main roads! This is very dangerous. Everyone should be aware of what's happening right now. We have to start reading between the lines. Bangladesh has changed…

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