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Passengers fall prey to drivers’ whim

Traffic rules violation leads to frequent road mishaps

From Our Correspondent
PABNA. Mar 1: Road journey has become hazardous and risky on Pabna-Nagarbari. Pabna-1shwardi, Pabna-Rajshahi. Pabna -Bogra and Pabna-Kushtia routes due to frequent violation of traffic rules. The number of road mishaps on 'these routes have increased in the recent days.
Overloading, unscheduled running and undesirlng competitions on the roads by the drivers have become a regular feature on these routes
Due to absence of patrol duty by the department concerned and supervision by bus owners' associations, these vehicles are seen operating at drivers' own whim causing road accidents and sufferings to the passengers, especially to minors and women.
Excessive fares arc also realised from the passengers and altercation with them has become a common scene. Moreover, bus passengers of this district are facing great Inconvenience due to absence of suitable watting sheds and toilets both for male and females in the bus station.
No action by the law enforcing agencies has been taken to stop these anarchism. It Is alleged.
Illegal occupation ofkhas Land
The people who had an opportunity of occupying land illegally after liberation war in 1971 declare t >cmsc)vcs as real owners.
The northern side of flood control embankment in village Sadhupara of Pabna district pourashava has a vast area on which these illegal occupants arc now constructing pucca
buildings and cultivating the lands without prior permission from the relevant authorities.
i'hc area which is locally called "Dead Padma" covers about one kilometer area from the village Ramachandrapur In the cast and the village Kuthipara in the north west of Pabna town.
The River Padma which used to flow earlier through
this flood control embankment has changed Its course leaving a vast area barren since many years.
The.district pourashava au thorlties did not take any step to utilise the area and has left It without any plan.
It is learnt that people of the town area are selling their property at high price and occupying these khas lands. The
number of illegal occupants Is increasing very rapidly day by day creating problems of litigations.
According to the sources, there are now 10.000 such illegal occupants who are collecting bricks and soil from the flood control embankment and constructing their houses resulting tn a threat to the embankment which is now becoming weak day by day.
The people of the village adjacent to the embankment urged the concerned authorities lo take action against illegal occupation .of khas land. They also opined the need for protecting the embankment.
Maulvi Bazar
UNB from Mautvi Bazar adds: Frequent violation of traffic rules by the drivers has made the Journey hazardous and risky to and from the district headquarters, travellers alleged.
Passengers complained that most buses plying on different routes are over loaded making life risky. Reckless driving and over taking also lead to frequent accident.
Drivers stop their buses several times at different points according to their whims causing delay in reaching destinations. They often charge high fare leading to frequent altercation with the passengers.
Moreover, many drivers have no valid licence and no step has yet been taken tn this regard after repeated complaints.
Passengers have urged the authorities to take stringent action against violation of traffic rules to ensure safe Journey.