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Rainfall worsens sorry state of Ctg city roads

Shahadat Hossain, ctg
Recent continuous rainfall and subsequent waterlogging in Chittagong city have further deteriorated city roads that were already in a sorry state due to downpours two months back.
These roads littered with potholes are causing misery to commuters who are forced to experience rough rides every day. Moreover, the damaged roads are wearing down vehicles much quicker.
Chittagong Met Office has recorded
83.4 millimetres of rainfall over 24 hours till 3:00pm yesterday, according to met office sources.
Kapasgola road, Airport road, Port Connecting road, Station road, Agrabad Access road, Ice Factory road, DT road, KB Aman Ali road and different roads in Bakalia are some of the streets which are in a terrible condition.
"None of the roads in the port city are fit for vehicles now,” commented Manjurul Alam Manju, secretary general of Chattagram Zila Sarak
Paribahan Malik Group.
He said their vehicles were regularly damaged as they were driven over the worn down roads.
Threatening to enforce strike from the next month, Manju urged Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) to repair the city roads immediately.
Nazrul Islam, general secretary of Chittagong Auto-Tempo Drivers and Assistants Union, said the battered condition of the roads posed a greater
risk ot accidents.
According to city corporation sources, the network of roads under the purview of CCC is 800km long. The network has about 500km of paved road, 100km of concrete road, 100km of brick road and 100km of unpaved road.
Due to heavy downpours two months back, about 100km stretch of road was damaged, said CCC sources.
"We are yet to repair the damage the roads sustained during downpours two months back," said Md Monirul Huda, executive engineer (planningand development) of CCC.
Now, new potholes have developed in different city streets due to the recent rainfall, he added.
Md Manjur Alam, mayor of CCC, said they would start repair works soon after the rainfall stops.