The New Nation - Internet Edition

About quarter of a mile long road of Jatrabari-Gulistan route from southeast corner of Rajdhani Super Market to western corner of Folder Street-Jaikali Mandir Road, Wari passing through so-called hotch-potch residential-cum-commercial thickly and crowded areas of Wari, Hatkhola and Narinda is always full of running buses, trucks, cars, taxis, rickshaws and push carts.

But there is not a single foot overbridge, underground passage, Zebra crossing or traffic police signal for the thousands of people of the area to cross the important and busy quarter of a mile one-way road traffic.

In between Wari and Hatkhola there is Folder Street, Wari, on all the times busy Jatrabari-Gulistan route and on both sides of Folder Street there are Wari School on the south and Sher-e-Bangla School on the north.

Thousands of people/pedestrians of all ages, young and old, men, women and children, school boys and girls are required to cross the Folder Street, Wari, several times daily to go to their various works, duties, marketing, attending schools, colleges and offices and returning back to their residences amid facing running vehicles at the great risk of their lives.

There are many road accidents, injuries and death of pedestrians but who cares?

We have requested the DCC and DMP several times for setting up Zebra crossing and posting of traffic police but in vain.

Now when the much talked about Jatrabari-Gulistan flyover construction has been cancelled we would once again request the DCC and DMP for setting up a Zebra crossing and posting of traffic police at Wari School-Sherebangla School point, Folder Street, Wari, without further delay and to construct a foot overbridge or underground passage there in the near future for movement of vehicular traffic all the times and also for the safety and security of the pedestrians in the greater interest of public service.

O.H. Kabir

Dhaka