Internal roads in different areas of Rampura under ward 22 of the city have been causing sufferings to the inhabitants of the area due to dilapidated condition.
Local people said the roads were broken in many places mainly after installation of new pipelines for water supply to households by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA).
They said the pipelines were installed around six to nine months ago but the roads were left unrepaired creating potholes in many places at the beginning of monsoon.
While visiting Mohanagar Housing Project, Ulan, Wapda Road, Bagichartek, Omar Ali Lane, and some parts of Banasree, this FE correspondent observed shabby roads that make internal commuting difficult.
Monir Hossain, a resident of Mohanagar Housing Project, said the roads were somewhat usable a year ago but it became muddy and bumpy after the WASA started digging both sides of the roads using excavators in last September and October.
"The water supply authority installed new pipes changing the old ones to ensure clean and contamination-free water but ruined the roads in exchange," he said.
Out of the eight roads in the residential area, road number 1, 2 and 3 are the most affected as the potholes are filled with either mud or brick chunks as the previous concrete road is no more visible there.
Azizul Haque, who lives in a building on road number 3, said rickshaw fare also went up due to the road condition as it became hard for the pullers to drive on bumpy roads.
Mohanagar Housing Society President Md Matiur Rahman told the FE that the roads of the residential area were constructed long ago-- in 2008 and 2009 in phases.
"The condition of the road started deteriorating with increased vehicular movement after the area got connected with Hatirjheel in 2012. The house owner's society has been carrying out minor repairs but after the recent development work of WASA, the road condition has worsened further," he added.
He also said they have held talks with the ward 22 councillor and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) authority about repairing the roads but no good news has come yet.
The residents of Ulan area of West Rampura, adjacent to the Hatirjheel, also face difficulty in commuting as the Ulan Bazar road that connects the area with Rampura DIT road is broken in many places.
Momtaz Uddin, a house owner in the area, said there is no coordination among the utility providers and city corporation that causes sufferings to the city dwellers.
He said WASA dug the concrete-made road to install its plastic pipelines but filled the holes with soil and sand that got washed away with rainwater and created hollows in the road.
Shahriar Kabir Joy, a Banasree resident, said the main road of the residential area is quite good now but many of the internal connecting roads have been unusable for last five to six months as development of sewer and water supply system is going on.
DWASA has been implementing Dhaka Water Supply Network Improvement Project (DWSNIP) funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB) across the city since May, 2015.
When contacted, Councillor of Ward 22 Md Liakat Ali told the FE that the DNCC would soon start repairing the roads in the area after allocation of budget.
He also said some roads have already been repaired including Wapda Road, Banasree Main Road, East Rampura Road and internal roads of Omar Ali Lane.
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