The way things are, cosmetically of course

The frantic spring-cleaning of the city on the occasion of the Cricket World Cup is welcome to any city dweller (except perhaps, the beggars who got swept away to some unknown destination). But everyone knows that it is merely cosmetic. That the city will go back to the daily battle of pot-holed roads, encroached footpaths and relentlessly long traffic jams to sap out all their energies once the event is over. This is the way things are. While 13 thousand kilometers of roads are in dire need of repair with about 550km in the terrible condition category, the government thinks we need a brand new airport that will cost billions and billions of taka. Ruqshana Babar Banani, Dhaka.