Ctg city looks desolate as vacationers leave
The port city of Chittagong looked deserted yesterday as many of its residents left early to celebrate Durga Puja, Eid-ul Azha and Shubho Probarona Purnima, the dates of which fell in succession this year.
Yesterday was a general holiday for Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Hindu community. The Eid-ul Azha holiday begins tomorrow and ends on October 28.
Shubho Probarona Purnima, the second largest festival of the Buddhist community, begins from October 29.
The only working day in between is today. As many jobholders took the day off to keep to the spell of holidays, presence in the government, autonomous and private offices is expected to be thin today.
Chittagong Railway Station, bus stands in Kadamtoli, Station Road, Dampara and Oxygen, shopping malls and kitchen markets, crowded with people only a few days ago, looked desolate.
The presence of vehicles on the roads was thin while passenger numbers on the local buses and minibuses was also low.
Those selling tickets of long-distance buses at Dampara said there was no rush of passengers.
A visit to Kadamtoli Bus Terminal around 12:00 noon revealed most of the inter-districts buses to be empty while the conductors were calling out for passengers.
Mamunul Huq, a compressed natural gas-run auto-rickshaw driver, said he could not make much in the last two or three days due to a lack of passengers.
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