Traffic in the capital city of Dhaka is severely affected by the closures of Elevated Expressway and Metro Rail as saboteurs caused severe damages to those road communication system during violence in the recent time.
Both the authorities of the metro rail and express way have been forced to shut their operation due to massive destruction by the criminals.
Besides, many of the roads remain still closed due to destruction by the miscreants while the number of vehicles plying the city roads are few as many of the owners of buses are not operating their vehicles fearing to destructive attacks.
The bus owners suffered huge losses as hundreds of buses were damaged and set to ablaze by the miscreants.
Sources said, despite moderate traffic in general, commuters are facing difficulties getting to their jobs with the closure of those vital road and transportation systems like metro rail and elevated expressway.
The metro rail and the elevated expressway have been shut down due to the damage caused during the recent violence. As a result, pressures on city streets have increased, causing intense traffic congestion on major roads.
Major roads such as Bijoy Sarani, Mohakhali, Love Road and others suffered heavy traffic, however only a few buses were seen, all full as people struggled to reach their destination.
Mohakhali Traffic Zone Assistant Commissioner Ariful Islam Rony, said, "The traffic pressure is even higher than yesterday as more companies, firms and organisations have opened up after the internet connections were restored."
"A few roads around the Ganabhaban are still blocked, which caused traffic to spill into the alleys and caused huge sufferings for office goers. A distance that would take half an hour is taking double the time due to the long detours and unmoving traffic," said Sumaiya Jahan, a commuter traveling from Mohammadpur to her office in Eskaton.
Ataur Rahman, a privet service holder, said, "I usually start off for work around 7:30am. Today, I left
the house an hour earlier thinking there would be traffic on my way to the office. Still, I am almost 30 minutes late. I'm still stuck on the road and don't know when I'll be able to reach office."
