The capital’s Demra-Rampura road, which is full of potholes, is disrupting the normal movement of vehicles and people. Traffic jams are created due to vehicles breaking down on that unpaved road. Road potholes are being patched with brick soling for quite some time. And this reform work is going on very slowly. When it rains, water accumulates on the road causing severe suffering.
The surface was seen to be full of trenches and potholes starting from Amulia on Demra-Rampura road to Meradia area. There are big potholes somewhere on the 5 km broken road from Amulia Model Town to Baganbari in Banshri area. As there is no adequate drainage system for sewage, when it rains, the water quickly accumulates on the road. On the road from Baganbari in Meradia to Trimohini Bridge slope, one or two freight cars are seen broken down every day. These holes are repaired with bricks and sand but after a few days they get damaged.
Several victims including passenger Bashir Uddin and students Salman, Kibria and Shahinur Akhtar who were traveling on Demra-Rampura road said that there is a traffic jam every day from Mostamazhi intersection of Demra-Rampura road to Yuloop adjacent to Rampura TV building. Students of various educational institutions, hospital patients and office goers are in dire straits.
According to Dhaka Road Department sources, the road will be developed by casting 700 meters of RCC from Meradia Zamzam Tower area. Apart from this, the rest of the road is supposed to be repaired and developed through over layer. But in reality nothing can be noticed. The project engineer of the contracting company Tanveer Construction Limited. Motiar Rahman said, due to heavy rains, we are not able to start real work. At present the trenches are to be made passable with HBB brick soling topped with sand and stone. Sustainable development work will start as per the government guidelines when the rains are over.
Meanwhile, the internal main road under Demra Police Station and the connecting unpaved road are also in the same condition. Full of pits and holes. Water and mud have accumulated on the Kodaldoya road of DSCC ward No. 66. The road from Muslim Nagar zero point to Sanarpar is still unpaved. Where water accumulates every year in the rain. Bamail Rasulnagar connection road, Bamail Paschimpara and 5-6 km internal roads of that ward are bad. It has also been seen on the ground that the contractors are planning to complete the development without lining the pit cover walls in the construction work of the road from East Buxnagar Bou Bazar to Hosseinia Mosque of Ward No. 67 of DSCC. Due to the big holes in the slopes on both sides of the Galakata Bridge, many people have been affected by the accident. The condition of some internal roads including Nijhumbagh and Rishipara in that ward is very fragile. The pitch of the road from Ward No. 70 Mostmazhi intersection to Thulthulia Bridge via Tamburabad has turned into a dirt road. The road from Khalappara Bazar to Nalchata Itakhola is bad, Paiti Wasa Red, Deilla Purwapara road, Amulia Khanpara Mosque to Haji Ghafoor High School are bad. A similar situation has arisen on the road from Amulia to Demra Police Line in Ward No. 69. 10-12 km roads of that ward including Kabarasthan Road, Demra Ghat to Bawani High School Road, Mirpara-Narai Bagh Road are unpaved and unpaved. Several kilometers of roads in Ward No. 64 and 65 of DSC are in poor condition but no one seems to notice. Bhuttu Chatwar Road, Momenbagh, Kadtamtala Junction and Konapara Farm Junction are now submerged in rain water.
Former Councilor Ibrahim Khalil and Md. Atiqur Rahman Atiq said, Demra-Rampura road and most of the internal roads under Demra police station have now become impassable. Road traffic from Amulia-Mendipur to Meradia Bazar is disrupted due to potholes. DSCC Region-8 Regional Office Executive Engineer Md. Khalilur Rahman said that ward-wise road development works will be completed through supervision.
