Dhaka still desolate

Commuters are enjoying deserted Dhaka streets as the mega city is yet to get back its usual traffic rush after three-day Eid-ul-Fitr holidays that ended on Sunday. Amirul Islam, a private firm executive, reached Dhaka's Gulshan from Mohammadpur only in 10 minutes by car on Monday. “It takes two to one-and-half hours otherwise. The comfort of living in Dhaka would have been different had the city been always deserted like this,” he said. Many joining offices after the Eid holidays on Monday said they found Dhaka roads mostly free.
A journalist who travels by a motorbike needed only 15 minutes to arrive at his office at Mohakhali from Uttara, though he normally spends at least an hour on the same journey. He said he did not need to wait for long at traffic signals at Airport, Banani, Kakoli and Amtali Intersection on Monday. Not only Mohakhali-Airport Road but almost all busy thoroughfares were free of congestion as well. Vehicles did not need to stop at any traffic signal at Mirpur Road, Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Bangla Motor, Shahbagh and Motijheel. Roads in Banashree, Rampura, Madhyabadda, Gulshan, Mohakhali, Pallabi and Nilkhet were also deserted. A large number of people living in the capital either go to their native villages or towns to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones or relatives. Most of them are yet to get back to work, according to bdnews24.com.