Easing traffic jam
Munir Uz Zaman / Driknews
How long does someone spend in the ever prevailing gridlock of Dhaka city? You are never sure when you will reach your destination, doesn't matter whether you have a very important meeting fixed at a certain time, or may be you need to attend a very serious patient. Nobody, from top-notch executives to day labourers, diplomats to garment workers can escape from these important hour losses. To make matters worse, we have sophomore CNG drivers and apprentice rickshaw pullers targeting some quick bucks during the month of Ramadan and on the occasions of holy Eid & Durga Puja. Even the number of street beggars has jumped manifolds, and not to mention our culture of going in numbers for buying even a single article. In the ever worsening situation there seems to be no authority; no guardian, no city corporation. The govt's initiatives were heard a few days back when proposals were made to reduce the number of private vehicles from the street and also re-arrangement of office & school timings. While suggestion for private vehicle reduction sounded very childish like the one made for electricity savings by not wearing suits at office, the decision on separate timing arrangement for schools & offices sounded quite plausible. Among all these, the most necessary initiative is missing; the long term solution for the ever intensifying traffic problem. We have grown into a mono-centric country even though we still have a wide open opportunity of making our country a multi-centric one. A comprehensive policy framing with tightly maintained implementation schedule driven by long term vision will bring better days. We possibly can give a dream to all our countrymen of having a vehicle of his/her own, not taking away the very few they have right now. I want to rephrase the famous line quoted in every coaching school “No Dream Too Big.”
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