Improving city's street lighting

After sunset, many unlit roads in Dhaka city become hot spots for crimes and accidents. Driving becomes difficult as the drivers cannot see properly and many accidents have happened owing to poor visibility. Non-motorised vehicles such as rickshaws have to navigate the roads depending on the headlights of running vehicles or the low light of roadside shops. The absence of street lights is a major reason for road accidents in those areas. After it gets dark, moving on the streets is dangerous and risky. Pedestrians have to face a number of problems on the dilapidated and broken walkways. Incidents of snatching phone, wallet and other valuables are often reported from such dark roads.

Dhaka city has a number of roads which do not have functional street lights. And there are some roads which remain dark even in daytime as they are located below flyovers and elevated roads. These roads should be illuminated with proper lighting. So, we urge the authorities concerned to look into this issue and arrange LED lights along every road of this capital city.

Jobaidul Islam,

Student of University of Dhaka, Dhaka,

mdjobaidulislam04@gmail.com