"Traffic jam"
PHOTO: SK Enamul Haq
I refer to Hussain Imam's recent open letter to two ministers on the above subject. I am amazed that Mr Imam still has the myopic conception of blaming rickshaws for Dhaka's horrific jams. Has he never been stuck in jams on the so-called VIP roads which have been rickshaw-free for years? Has he never read the opinion of urban experts who blame the soon to-be-extinct empty/half-empty 500,000+ fossil fuel-run Gas Guzzling Monstrosities (GGMs) running on narrow, pot-holed roads with a capacity for 200,000 GGMs at best, for the jams and air/noise pollution? As I have repeatedly said in my previous 90 letters, traffic jams are the least of our worries! Just enforce strictly the traffic laws, driving laws and only allow GGMs purchased with white money. The Bat-Ricks and Solar-Ricks are the alternative urban transport for the masses util the illusory Metros, Highways, Fly-ways, Mag-Levs etc become reality to carry our great grandchildren.
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