City roads need repair
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Dhaka city is the biggest point of urban concentration in Bangladesh. It is also the hub or staging area for the greater part of the economic and commercial activities of the country. It should be obvious, therefore, that its thoroughfares, roads and lanes need to be in good shape round the year not only for the movement of its residents but also for its commercial and related cargoes.
Ease of movement on the roads translates into greater transportation efficiency for businesses by reducing their costs. But as the residents of this hapless city know it well from their own experiences, a large part of the city's roads presently remain in such conditions that the same cannot be accepted as even reasonably fit for the smooth movement of different transporters.
The damaged roads of the city are a developmental concern with economic implications. A report in a section of the media sometime ago quoted the findings of a study that a very large amount of money a year are lost in Dhaka city from poor traffic movement. How much of that loss is due to the wretched physical conditions of the roads. ? It must be substantial indeed. Considering this factor alone, urgent execution of works are needed to get the damaged roads back into shape.
Jahid Hussain
Uttara, Dhaka.
Ease of movement on the roads translates into greater transportation efficiency for businesses by reducing their costs. But as the residents of this hapless city know it well from their own experiences, a large part of the city's roads presently remain in such conditions that the same cannot be accepted as even reasonably fit for the smooth movement of different transporters.
The damaged roads of the city are a developmental concern with economic implications. A report in a section of the media sometime ago quoted the findings of a study that a very large amount of money a year are lost in Dhaka city from poor traffic movement. How much of that loss is due to the wretched physical conditions of the roads. ? It must be substantial indeed. Considering this factor alone, urgent execution of works are needed to get the damaged roads back into shape.
Jahid Hussain
Uttara, Dhaka.