Rickshaws banned
May I kindly ask the local administration under whose instructions the one and only passenger carrier of the middle and lower middle class groups which is rickshaw has been banned from plying the many connecting roads of Uttara to the main roads. One such road is Kazi Jashimuddin Road. As I was heading to my office from my home located at the Jashimuddin Road of Uttara, my rickshaw was stopped on the road by the baton wielding police officer. After inquiring the officer told me that this road had been made off limits to rickshaws. I said who made it off limits he said I don't know. I said then how will I go to the office? He gave me a blank look as if I asked him a very weird question. I again said, “It is raining, please allow me to go.” But all my pleas fell into the deaf ears of the officer. Is Dhaka slowly becoming a city for the car owners only?. Because the cars are allowed on all roads, irrespective of whether it is wide or narrow. This treatment is totally uncivilized. It is the duty of the traffic department to maintain the transport movement system efficiently. It is really not a fair way to ban the most sought after transport of the mass people.
Hope the authorities concerned will change their decision.
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