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Madness in the morning Schoolgoers in trouble as lax traffic control leads to terrible tailbacks

Staff Correspondent
The school-goers of Dhanmondi residential area are the worst sufferers of its confusing traffic system.
With muddled up laws that changes almost every day there is never any telling which way one should go.
Yet this area, which houses 13 schools at least, sees a large influx of commuters before and after school hours.
Seven o'clock yesterday morning was a perfect example of what the scenario should look like, with most of the roads turning into one-way lanes, to ease up the traffic, and commuters lining up in disciplined tailbacks.
A group comprising of one traffic constable, one traffic sergeant and two or three community policemen guarded every intersection.
However, the scenario was an exact reverse around 1:00pm the day before, when school gates opened for the children to go home.
Vehicles rushed in without restrictions, and the street was soon covered with interweaving gridlock of cars coming in from every direction.
There was no traffic police in sight.
When this correspondent attempted to board a rickshaw to get to Kolabagan, which had to pass through a bridge at Road 8, most rickshaw pullers refused to go back into the muddle.
Similarly, many guardians preferred to walk their children home, shouldering their heavy school satchels themselves.
Nafisa, a tenth grader, lives 20 minutes walking distance from her school. Yet she has to start at 7:10am to reach school by 8:00am. "I don't like walking, my bag is too heavy to carry with all these books," she said.
Tasneem, a school teacher, claimed traffic sergeants do not always guard the intersections.
Gazi Rabiul Islam, assistant commissioner (Traffic) of Dhanmondi, said it is not possible to guard all the intersections all the time because of inadequate manpower.
"At present we have around 25 sergeants and 90 constables available.
Half of them are borrowed from other zones that have lighter traffic pressure. This means that if an emergency occurs in those places, the sergeants cannot leave their regular duty and take up this added responsibility," he said.
There are around 20 points within the area with large traffic in the morning, and around the afternoon. Managing this requires around 40 sergeants and 150 constables, added Rabiul.