The New Nation - Internet Edition

Over last several years our authorities concerned have made one-way road traffic, about quarter of a mile long, on a small portion of Gulistan-Jatrabari road, from Jaikali Mandir road corner road to southeastern road corner of Rajdhani Market.

On the both sides of this one quarter of a mile one way road millions of people live. Thousands of buses, trucks, cars, taxis, CNG scooters, rickshaws and pushcarts ply on this road round the clock. But there is not a single Zebra crossing, no overhead foot bridge or underpass for the pedestrians to cross the road.

Hundreds of people men, women and children, young and old, school boys and girls cross this one-way road at I) Wari School/Sher-e-Bangla Girls School point and ii) Salahuddin Hospital/Rajdhani Market point amidst fast moving and continuous running vehicles at the great risk of their lives.

Occasionally, there are road accidents, many pedestrians are injured and killed. Sometimes one or two traffic police sergeants are found patrolling the road on motorcycle or a few police constables standing idle. They do not control and supervise the road traffic.

It would not be irrelevant to mention here that our authorities concerned have taken a development plan for construction of a flyover from Gulistan to Jatrabari. But the construction work is stopped and we do not know when the flyover would be completed.

We would also like to state that we do not find any sign of Zebra crossing anywhere on the roads in Dhaka city. The pedestrians cross the road at random and they are subjected to road crossing accidents.

Would the authorities concerned look into the matter and do the needful without further delay in the interest of public service.

O.H. Kabir

Dhaka