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Don’t you dare travelling Islambagh main road

Helemul Al am
Rokeya, a 35-year-old rickshaw-van-puller, stood helplessly staring at a repairing shop only 10 yards away as she had no money to fix the damaged van. Poverty and husband's sickness forced her into rickshaw pulling, but she didn't know the art to pull the three-wheeler on the uneven Islambagh main road.
Vehicles, especially the nonmotorised ones, often get damaged on this Islambagh road (embankment road) thanks to huge potholes and bumps. Of the embankment road, the stretch between Kamalbagh and Alirghat is severely damaged.
Masud, a pushcart driver of the locality, said their cart often turn turtle while carrying goods through the road.
Md Manik, a resident of Kamalbagh, said the road was constructed only two
years ago and took a miserable shape within a year. Women and the old are the worst sufferers of the situation, he added.
Rain adds to their sufferings as many parts of the road remain waterlogged due to poor drainage system.
Abul Hossain, a resident of East Islambagh, said although there are drains of Dhaka City Corporation, but water cannot pass due to lack of outlets.
He said there was a water body in Dakkhinpara of Islambagh which played a major role in receding rainwater. But it was filled up about two years ago, resulting in waterlogging even after moderate rain.
He said it takes two to three days to recede the water after a heavy shower which is also a reason of quick damage of the road.
Apart from the embankment road, many other roads of Islambagh are also in a miserable state. Of these roads, condition of Posta to Alirghat through Eidgahmath is very poor, said Kalam, a shopkeeper in Islambagh.
He said the road was dug three • years ago to set up a storm sewerage drain. But after setting up the drain it was not repaired.
It is very tough not only to carry goods but also to walk on the road, he added.
Commissioner of Ward-65 Md Shahidul Islam said the embankment road got damaged quickly as a huge number of buses run on it. Besides, waterlogging is another great problem, he added.
"I sent a letter to the Water Development Board two months ago to repair the road but they made no response yet."
"The road from Posta Eidgah to Alirghat is also in a very bad condition and I face huge public criticism for it," he said.
He said he has taken all kinds of steps to do the work from his side.
DCC Executive Engineer of Zone-3 Munshi Mohammad Abul Hasem said they have already floated tender to repair the road from Posta to Alirghat through Eidgahmath and evaluation of the tender is going on.
"If everything remains okay, we will be able to start the work soon," he said.
WDB Executive Engineer of Division-2 Masud Ahmed told The Daily Star they have started to dump macadam into the potholes on temporary basis and are taking a plan to do the repair work permanently