Traffic management
I went out to pick up some Eid items the other day and noticed a number of things contributing to our Eid traffic problem:
1. All the five traffic policemen that I went past on my journey were on their mobile phones and not bothering with regulating traffic flow.
2. There is a big problem with supermarkets and stores that were built with inadequate parking, or the owners sold the designated parking space to maximise earnings.
3. Restaurants have closed their parking areas to make a fast-track outdoor buying system for Eid purchasers while keeping their restaurants open too - which cannot be hygienic as I see no fridges outside!
4. Beggars have increased tenfold slowing down traffic (with the traffic police sitting nearby).
5. Schools are open in inappropriate places in residential areas with no parking and no adequate roads and no school bus system, causing terrible jam.
To add insult to injury, I see the resumption of construction of a market in Banani which was earmarked in the master plan as a parking lot and was previously closed pending investigation. I also saw commercial offices and banks previously operating without commercial permission continuing business as usual, sometimes in residential areas. Any way, once again we must brace ourselves for an Eid traffic nightmare as a result of bad policy making, corruption and inadequate and uneven enforcement of the law. At the very least, the government should let stores remain open till late night during this month to reduce daytime traffic.
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