Road communication on Sailkupa-Garaganj in Jhenaidah, which is the only road to connect the upazila from and to the district headquarters, is in bad shape causing disruption in traffic movement as the maintenance works on the roads are not furnished for past couple of years, according to locals.
The district administration office sources said that the Jessore District Council constructed the road in 1960 as the earth one. In 1965 the road was constructed as herringbones by them. Later it went under the Khunna Division Development Board.
After abolishing the KDDB in 1980s, the District Council was looking after the road. But within a few years they had stopped the maintenance work.
Both Local Government Engineering Department and Roads and Highways were maintaining the roads anyhow.
The government and other sources said that the RHD in 2007 reconstructed the road at a cost of Tk 3 crore.
But the pitch and other materials had started damaging faster as the construction work was furnished anyhow. Since then small and big potholes and cracks developed on the road that had made it unfit both for vehicles and pedestrians, the sources said.
Harun Mia, a truck driver, said that they were compelled to change the tires of his truck frequently as those were damaged faster due to cracks and potholes on the road.
Tempo driver Alim Mia of village Baroipara on Garaganj-Sailkupa road said that they had no alternative to stop plying of their vehicles until and unless it was repaired.
The executive engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department in Jhenaidah, Tamjid Sarwar, said that they had informed the higher authority regarding the matter and requested for taking step as soon as possible.
Source : New Age
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