Whither road maintenance?
A sufferer Wari, Dhaka
Dhaka beautification, specifically its road beautification, work is continuing, although not at a high speed. Some road islands are being undone and some already undone are being done anew -- and these are the activities we have been witnessing all along over decade in the name of road development or beautification. But all these in whose benefit -- the road users or the road breakers/makers?However, road users are perhaps supposed to suffer because they pay the tax for its maintenance. What else to expect, because in our country, irony has become the norm. For instance, a portion of Toyenbee Circular Road, just before meeting the Hatkhola road, is in so dilapidated condition for year on that it has simply become hazardous for any automobile. And this is a very important thoroughfare always under heavy traffic. Another instance is from a locality. A lane called Dr Radhashyam Shaha Street or North Maishundi, running north-south from Hare Street west-end to Tipu Sultan Road is just left unrepaired for year on after allowing indiscriminate digging many a time. The residents are of course tax payers, and ironically are perhaps destined to suffer! Shall the authorities come to senses, ever?
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