Divider debacle!
Building and rebuilding dividers have been a common sight in Dhaka for a good period of time. The latest package of this divider game is going on at present. For the last few months, triangular shaped, crescent shaped, rectangular shaped dividers are being built randomly in every nook and corner of the city. It is ridiculous to find that these dividers are getting wider day-by-day whereas the roads are getting narrower.
These needless bulky dividers are one of the major causes of traffic congestion in the city. Even at some busy traffic circles e.g. Farmgate and Shahbag, these different shaped dividers are clogging the easy movement of vehicles. Nevertheless, earth has been piled to plant trees on these dividers, which is creating acute dust pollution.
Dividers are needed for right direction and easy movement of the traffic. However, I am afraid these newly built dividers might turn out to be a boomerang for us. These hulking dividers certainly expose the hollowness of our planning .
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