Tens of thousands of people from Dhaka are now thronging different exit points including Gabtali, Sayedabad and Mohakhali bus terminals, Kamalapur Railway Station and Sadarghat Launch Terminal to go to their village home to celebrate the festival with their kith and kin.
Meanwhile, a compartment of Chittagong-bound freight train derailed at Sadar Rasulpur Station on Friday halting train communication from Chittagong to Dhaka, Sylhet and Mymensingh and from Dhaka to Noakhali at about 3:30pm.
Due to severe traffic congestion on all the major highways passenger buses cannot reach their destinations or leave the terminals on time causing untold sufferings to passengers.
A bus which was supposed to leave at 7:00 am left at 12:00 noon while the bus for 10:00 am left at 3:00 pm.
Ruhul Amin, a Chuadanga-bound passenger waiting with his family at Gabtali terminal said: ?My bus was supposed to leave Dhaka at 10:30 am (Friday) but it is now 2:00 pm and nobody could tell me when the bus will leave.
Like Ruhul Amin thousands of passengers were seen waiting at different bus terminals.
While visiting different bus stations the correspondents found mad rush of home-bound people at Mohakhali, Gabtali, Kallyanpur and Mazar Road.
Thousands of passengers were crowding in front of Shyamoli Paribahan, TR paribahan, Hanif Paribahan, SR Travels, Agomoni Express, SR Travels. Many of them were even sitting on the pavements.
Basudeb Ghose, supervisor of Suryamukhi Paribahan that runs between Dhaka and Faridpur, said due to severe traffic jam buses can not reach the terminals in due time.
Shamsunnahar, a passenger of Sohag Paribahan, alleged that she along with her two kids had been waiting for three hours at Gabtali Bus Terminal for the bus that was supposed to leave at 9:00 am for Jessore.
Babu, the manager of Eagle Paribahan, said on Friday afternoon that the buses which left for different destinations of Northern district towns on Thursday night are yet to reach the capital due to traffic jam.
Transport operators blamed illegal roadside parking and unauthorized cattle markets on the roads for nagging traffic congestion.
Meantime a 30-km-long queue of vehicles from Daudkandi to Chandina on the busy Dhaka-Chittagong highway caused indescribable sufferings to Eid passengers.
?Our bus took seven hours to cross Comilla?s Daudkandi bridge area which normally takes two and a half hours, said Sarwar Alam, a senior reporter of Dainik Jugantor.
All the passengers expressed their dissatisfaction over the traffic management, the journalist pointed out.
Gouripur, Madhaiya and Chandina too experienced the same traffic congestion, he added.
Apart from delayed journey and tailback many passengers had to go through a lot of hassle while collecting tickets. Some of them even could not manage a ticket.
I am very happy as I could manage tickets and now I can go home to celebrate the Eid with my family members, said a passenger.
Rajib a counter attendant of Shaymoli Pariban at Gabtali, said the bus that left Kustia for Dhaka on Thursday at 10:00 pm could not reach the capital till 2:00 pm on Friday due to severe traffic congestion on the highway.
According to the passengers of different inter-district buses, the on-going traffic management by police administration failed to control the traffic nuisance on different roads and highways.
DMP sources, however, said a huge contingent of police and Rab were deployed in and around the terminals to avoid any untoward incidents.
The old part of the capital too experienced about two-km-long tailback from Gulistan to Sadarghat on Friday. Many passengers, mostly women and children, were found going towards Sadarghat Launch Terminal on foot.
Source: daily-sun.com
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