Road accidents

3 November 2007, 18:00 PM

Shatabdi Biswas, Officers' Quarter, RPATC, Rajshahi

Road accidents take away the lives of many innocent people. It has become regular news in newspapers or TV. Recently, a collision between a covered van and a rickshaw snuffed out the life of a college student-- Silvy. This incident caused an unbearable loss to her family. They would never get their precious daughter's life back again and such is the sad story of many a family in Bangladesh. Silvy could have made our country proud by her great deeds but once more we have lost a valuable life. It is time we addressed the issue as a matter of top priority. The reckless drivers who do not want to follow the traffic rules should be severely punished and roads which are damaged should be repaired as soon as possible. If we eliminate the illegal works at the roots, road accident perhaps can be reduced to a minimum level, saving innumerable lives.