For safe return travel

THE return journey back to capital Dhaka as well as to other destinations in different divisional and district headquarters by Eid holidaymakers has already begun. This time the pressure on various transports has grown more than usual if only because of the rush of the return travellers with the imminent prospect of political confrontation in their mind.
The situation demands the same kind of vigilance on the law-enforcement agencies' part that they had demonstrated during the homeward rush of the Eid-reunion seekers.
We hope the authorities are fully seized with the need for adequate precautionary measures to avert any security lapse in such times.
The types of hazards that that one comes across during home-bound Eid travel are also found to accompany the return journeys. The same unacceptable practices of overloading, speeding and careless driving imperil the lives of the travellers. They should try wholeheartedly to stave off these avoidable hazards. Criminal elements and extortionists also get into the act of taking advantage of the rush and should also be kept at bay.
The commuters do have also their part of the obligation to meet. They must avoid unnecessary rush, overloading the buses and launches and particularly riding on the roofs of the trains. They must bear in mind the fact that nothing is more valuable than life.