Develop the highways
On an average, 15 -17 people are being killed in road crashes across the country every day. I don't know what the causes are and who is to be blamed for this, as no one has taken the responsibility for these road crashes and the deaths. None has been prosecuted or even charged with a murder. It's up to the government and administration to solve this problem.
The construction work for four-lane Dhaka-Chittagong highway is going on, which is good news. Though some people think it will reduce the travel time back to its original 4-5 hours, this idea is going to be proved wrong as more vehicles will ply this wide road. The distance between Dhaka and Chittagong should be reduced with an elevated highway. This will avoid a lot of accidents, as there will be crash barriers. The time has come for all the national highways to be converted into four-lane highways; otherwise we will keep reading the news of accidents. With the growth of population and the number of vehicles increasing, the width of national highways must be made double and as straight as possible. Time of travel needs to be reduced into half when the rest of the world is travelling at the speed of the light.
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