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Sorry state of Bou Bazar road slows down business

Helemul Alam
Shah Alam, a keeper of betel leaf shop who started his business by selling a piece of land at Tk 2.40 lakh, is now thinking of leaving the shop as he incurred a huge loss due to the poor condition of Bou Bazar road at Lalbagh in the city.
“The road goes under knee-deep water even after a moderate rain which remains long lime, which causes a huge financial loss," said the shopkeeper.
Alam said he ran the shop by selling a piece of land at Tk 2.40 lakh one year back, but his income continued to fall since the last seven months due to run-down state of the road and its poor drainage condition.
The petty trader said his investment now is almost finished and has not another option but to leave this profession.
Like Alam, all the businesses of the road have been facing huge sufferings due to the derelict condition of the drainage system of the road and its vulnerability.
‘My sales have dropped by 30 percent to 35 percent for the last seven months due to poor condition of the road," said Shafiqul Islam, a wholesale rice seller of Bou Bazar.
Md Didar, a salesman of Square products, said earlier, they used to come here to sell their goods every week but now they come once in a month due to the poor condition of the road.
Due to waterlogging, they have to incur a huge loss as water damaged goods of their confectionary shop, said Nur Hossain of Bismillah Confectionary.
Abdur Rahman, owner of Akhtar Store, said: “We could not come out of home during the last Eid-ul- Fitr. Even, we could not say our Eid prayers as the road went under kneedeep water."
A sweeper of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) seldom comes to clean the drain of the road for which the drain remains blocked most of the time, said Raju, a resident of Shahidnagar Road No. 5.
“We, some 10 youths, cleaned the drain in 28th Ramadan to recede the prolonged waterlogging," Nurul Islam, adding: “We again cleaned the drain after the Eid."
The road remained under ankle-to-knee-deep water during the Eid holidays, he added.
Like Bou Bazar, the road of Shahidnagar Road Nos. 5 and 6 is also in a very poor condition.
Nurul said, “We were in a huge problem during the Ramadan as the Road No. 5 remained under knee-deep water."
The road from Chunarghat to Babubazar also is in a bad shape for the last two years due to negligence of the authorities concerned, said Md Faisal.
Executive Engineer of DCC Zone-3 AFM Mainuddin said they have a plan to construct the vulnerable roads under the project of 'Nagar Obokathamo Unnayan Prakalpa' and another proposal of about Tk 28 crore is now waiting in Nagar Bhaban for approval.
The vulnerable roads will be repaired under the projects, he noted.