Managing the traffic
I completely agree with Mr. Nokib-E-Kibria (Toronto, Canada, 29th September) that the traffic condition in our country is deplorable. It takes laborious hours for students just to reach the schools, colleges and universities, and when it comes to facing quizzes and exams, the situation gets worse as no one can make it on time. The office employees who cannot afford any other expensive means of transportation end up going for the cheaper commutation means such as public buses. Hour after hour commuters have to stand in a long queue at the bus stand in the anticipation that their desired buses would come to pick them up. But those buses, too, get stuck in the jam en route.
Introducing new buses will not solve the problem, and the overpopulation can also not be overlooked. Everybody needs to get to his desired destination on time and the buses are always crammed with passengers. The best solution is to earmark a few roads only for private cars and CNGs during peak hours.
Car parking on certain areas needs to be banned too. Relocation of schools and colleges from commercial areas should also be done. The three-lane system is not an efficient method because the width of main roads is not enough. In the near future, the government can construct multiple flyovers one on top of another, reducing the width but increasing the height.
Industries and offices should be shifted to adjacent areas of Dhaka, which are less congested such as Savar and Gazipur. Attractive incentives should be provided so that people would reconsider moving to those places.
I would request the government to do something quickly to solve this problem; otherwise living in Dhaka will become impossible for the city dwellers like us.
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