Traffic and Rajuk/DCC
The DMP commissioner was right to blame DCC and Rajuk for the nagging traffic congestion in the city. If you look around Gulistan which is abutted by DCC and Rajuk offices, you'll find almost all the markets owned by DCC without any space for even a single car. The building designs must have parking spaces with a specified calculation. But unfortunately all the DCC markets- parking spaces have been converted into underground shops forcing the cars to be parked outside. DCC is realizing the rents from these illegal underground shops and the officials concerned undoubtedly got 'something' into their pockets. We don't have any other watchdogs to oversee this abject violation of laws by the people who are entrusted with the responsibilities to enforce it! The other areas notorious for traffic also have the same problem - markets and buildings without parking spaces. I request the JS bodies concerned, as they are the peoples' representatives, to open an enquiry and take appropriate steps, and stern punitive actions against those who are responsible for violating building codes, who do not shoulder the responsibilities to oversee it and who pocketed handsome amounts by allowing these underground shops to operate.
We want to see a free flowing Dhaka city and want a vigilant JS watchdog to save us from wasting numerous man-hours.
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