Splendidly written!
It once took me 2.5 hours to get as far as Banani from ZIA. I was stuck behind a nethri whose car was surrounded by thousands of cretins and croutons - hired for the occassion. Not one of them knew that League is an English word or what the N stands for in BNP.
But then, common sense has no pulse in Bangladesh.
Since 1971 contractors and politicians have benefitted from contracts to build 2 lane roads but they pocketed the money needed to build half a lane. So we end up with networks of 1.5 lane roads with thousands dying, decade after decade, because there is no room for two vehicles to pass. And still no one complains.
The city planning of Dhaka is symbolic of our national condition - shambolic, corrupt and ignorant.
The Pakistanis have better highways than us. Do you think this will offend the bongu pride of some? Sure hope so!
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "Mohd. Haque" <haquetm83@...> wrote:
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> Travelling almost every year but nothing like 2011, I was frequently hitting the glass or dashboard and my wife lied down on the back bench of the jeep. It is only 15 minutes drive from airport to Bonani DOHS, it took us fifty minutes. While trying to keep awake and to watch what others are doing, keeping up and straight was difficult after a whole sleepless night or two. Never experienced this and thought ‘we never have an awakening’ we all are asleep.
> All on a sudden fan starts running high â€" because power went off and got connected to UPS. Generator started running on, o ff, so erratic, so frequent never noticed before.
> Went to catch a intercity bus, one hour passed we were told bus couldn’t enter the city (jame dhukte parse na), everyone is hooked to the cell phone yet do not know where the bus is.
> During the return trip, only after 20 km the bus started making a noise, I asked â€" break drum is broken in one of the wheel, the driver started looking for a nail, I went down with the driver to see what is he repairing. Got scared â€" do not worry we will neutralize that wheel, three will function properly with the break, wanted to change the bus but couldn’t, all other seems less bothered and taking nap.
> I know the style of driving, quick turn, sudden break but what the drivers can do without driving like this, he can’t take the bus to its destination, often I jumped from the seat.
> 40 years on we do not have proper road network system. We got very tired within 24 years of Paki rule and had lots of complains, for 4 years on we could not build 192 km high way considered as life line for trade and development, Dhaka Chittagong highway, what makes one convinced that this government is working for the country’s development, so what distinction we can make â€" Ayub Khan’s discriminatory rule and this or other governments inactions!
> ‘By now all highways should have been built to 4 lanes’, that will be a dream told in despicable writer’s wishful writing on ekattorer chetona or shadhinotar mantra or jatiotabadi chetona- they will say 40 years is not a long time! It is not easy to fathom what is in their mind and how they uphold these governments mysterious development programs.
> During festivals I heard it takes 20 to 23 hours to travel to Rajshahi or Dinajpur from Dhaka. No one is bothered to question. Â
> Enormous stupidity has engulfed this government and the opposition and we are destined to waste our time and resources on the road for very many years.Â
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