it is unfortunate that the full potentials of what could be a vital legislation remains untapped or it remains in paper waiting any kind of real use or implementation. Therefore, it is imperative to make the law fully operational and to use it to achieve the badly needed improvements in road repairing and maintenance

Benefits of the Road Maintenance Fund-Law

That the users of roads and highways in the country have to pay taxes in many ways and stages but in return they are  not enjoying any surety of safe and smooth movement on those is quite disappointing. There is hardly any place in the country nowadays  where conditions of roads and highways are good all the way. Due to low quality repair works and timely repair works the roads and highways remain   difficult for movement of vehicles almost round the year.
    During 15 days after the last Eid many road accidents occurred in the country  in which more than 250 people died and hundreds of others were injured. Safe and smooth journeys on roads and highways is one of the rights of  citizens. For enjoying this right they have to pay taxes. Specially such taxes are paid regularly by owners of motor vehicles as road tax.  But sometimes reports  appear in newspapers  about fund shortage hindering road  repairing works. Then where the taxpayers’ money go ?  According to media report, the government gets about Taka 2,000 every year as revenue from the roads and highways sector. If this money is spent for round the clock sound repairing of the roads and highways, then  their  conditions would not have been so pitiable. Besides, money also comes from other sources. If the same could be utilized properly the conditions of the roads and highways would have been far better. But what is being done in the name of  road repairing is sheer cheating. Use of bits of bricks and bitumen instead of concrete is responsible for the deplorable conditions of the roads.  This kind of repairing  does not last long and the repaired sections of roads and highways  soon revert to the previous conditions.
A section of people connected with  such repair jobs are benefited while the taxpayers have to bear the brunt of such malpractice. In 2013, a law named ‘Road Maintenance Fund-Law’  was enacted. Section 12 of this law says  there will be a fund in the name of Road Maintenance Fund Board. In addition to the government allocation, the money collected in the form of levy, fee, charges  by other organizations and foreign donations will be deposited to this fund. But it is unfortunate that the full potentials of  what could be a vital legislation remains untapped or it remains in paper waiting any kind of real use or implementation. Therefore, it is imperative to make the law fully operational and to use it  to achieve the badly needed improvements in road repairing and maintenance.

it is unfortunate that the full potentials of what could be a vital legislation remains untapped or it remains in paper waiting any kind of real use or implementation. Therefore, it is imperative to make the law fully operational and to use it to achieve the badly needed improvements in road repairing and maintenance

Benefits of the Road Maintenance Fund-Law

That the users of roads and highways in the country have to pay taxes in many ways and stages but in return they are not enjoying any surety of safe and smooth movement on those is quite disappointing. There is hardly any place in the country nowadays where conditions of roads and highways are good all the way. Due to low quality repair works and timely repair works the roads and highways remain difficult for movement of vehicles almost round the year. During 15 days after the last Eid many road accidents occurred in the country in which more than 250 people died and hundreds of others were injured. Safe and smooth journeys on roads and highways is one of the rights of citizens. For enjoying this right they have to pay taxes. Specially such taxes are paid regularly by owners of motor vehicles as road tax. But sometimes reports appear in newspapers about fund shortage hindering road repairing works. Then where the taxpayers money go ? According to media report, the government gets about Taka 2,000 every year as revenue from the roads and highways sector. If this money is spent for round the clock sound repairing of the roads and highways, then their conditions would not have been so pitiable. Besides, money also comes from other sources. If the same could be utilized properly the conditions of the roads and highways would have been far better. But what is being done in the name of road repairing is sheer cheating. Use of bits of bricks and bitumen instead of concrete is responsible for the deplorable conditions of the roads. This kind of repairing does not last long and the repaired sections of roads and highways soon revert to the previous conditions. A section of people connected with such repair jobs are benefited while the taxpayers have to bear the brunt of such malpractice. In 2013, a law named Road Maintenance Fund-Law was enacted. Section 12 of this law says there will be a fund in the name of Road Maintenance Fund Board. In addition to the government allocation, the money collected in the form of levy, fee, charges by other organizations and foreign donations will be deposited to this fund. But it is unfortunate that the full potentials of what could be a vital legislation remains untapped or it remains in paper waiting any kind of real use or implementation. Therefore, it is imperative to make the law fully operational and to use it to achieve the badly needed improvements in road repairing and maintenance.