Transport sector
I have read with great interest the post-editorial of Mr. Shahnoor Wahid appearing on Tuesday in The Daily Star. His idea about underground transport system as a positive solution to the existing terrible Dhaka traffic jam is a subject worth looking into. The fact is that it is a tested device in many countries, I do not find it as an absurd and unfeasible idea. Certainly, the idea deserves to be taken up seriously. As regards his apprehension about the capability of a civil govt. which is always under stress and strain and often fails to implement any worthwhile project because of conflict of interest of various persons within the govt, I can not agree with him more. But I often fail to understand as to why an elected government with more than three-fourths majority members in parliament fails to appreciate a good idea and why the existing traffic problem and for that matter other affairs like energy problem or similar other issues cannot be tackled by the govt. If the author has meant that it is difficult or impossible for an elected civil govt. to solve its burning problems, it is really a pity.
An autocratic govt. enjoys certain privileges in so far as execution or implementation of some public utility projects is concerned, because of obvious reasons but that does not mean that we deserve such unwanted and undesirable government.
It is really an acid test for the present elected govt. to outshine the achievement of an un-elected autocratic govt. and earn the respect of the teeming millions who have voted them to power.
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