City streets witness huge gridlock

The city dwellers yesterday experienced huge traffic jam across the city due to movement of VVIPs (very very important persons). Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) controlled traffic on some routes, including Airport Road, Mirpur-Gabtali, Farmgate, Shahbagh, Panthapath and its adjacent link roads, to ensure security during VVIPs’ movement. As a result, the city dwellers had to face severe gridlock and remain stranded hours in buses, rickshaws, private cars and other vehicles.
Police restricted traffic on several streets without prior notice to ensure secure movement of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Dhaka on a 34- hour tour yesterday morning. But commuters in the capital  suffered due to gridlock at places and vehicles failed to move smoothly.
Modi reached Dhaka at 10:08am on Saturday and went to the National Memorial at Savar to pay respects to the Liberation War martyrs. He then went to Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. His motorcade left the museum around 12:30pm for Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka Hotel. The Gabtoli-Dhanmondi-Karwan Bazar road and other streets crisscrossing it suffered severe gridlock during the movement of the Indian Prime Minister's convoy.
The traffic congestion spread to the streets leading to these main roads and passengers were seen sweating in vehicles on some streets like New Market, Elephant Road, Manik Mia Avenue, and the streets from Agargaon-Khamarbarhi and Mohakhali-Shahbagh.
Besides, the street from Bangla Motor to Malibagh also witnessed a huge gridlock and it became  better when Mr Modi entered the hotel around 1pm.
Narendra Modi had a scheduled meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina at her office at 4:15pm and returned to the hotel at Karwan Bazar in the evening.
However, the Indian Prime Minister will visit the Dhakeshwari Temple at Bakshibazar, Bangabhaban and the Indian High Commission in Dhaka at Gulshan today (Sunday).
Before leaving today night, he will deliver a speech at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
So, the city dwellers are likely to face more gridlock also today (Sunday) due to movement of the Indian Prime Minister.

 

 

City streets witness huge gridlock

The city dwellers yesterday experienced huge traffic jam across the city due to movement of VVIPs (very very important persons). Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) controlled traffic on some routes, including Airport Road, Mirpur-Gabtali, Farmgate, Shahbagh, Panthapath and its adjacent link roads, to ensure security during VVIPs movement. As a result, the city dwellers had to face severe gridlock and remain stranded hours in buses, rickshaws, private cars and other vehicles. Police restricted traffic on several streets without prior notice to ensure secure movement of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Dhaka on a 34- hour tour yesterday morning. But commuters in the capital suffered due to gridlock at places and vehicles failed to move smoothly. Modi reached Dhaka at 10:08am on Saturday and went to the National Memorial at Savar to pay respects to the Liberation War martyrs. He then went to Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. His motorcade left the museum around 12:30pm for Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka Hotel. The Gabtoli-Dhanmondi-Karwan Bazar road and other streets crisscrossing it suffered severe gridlock during the movement of the Indian Prime Ministers convoy. The traffic congestion spread to the streets leading to these main roads and passengers were seen sweating in vehicles on some streets like New Market, Elephant Road, Manik Mia Avenue, and the streets from Agargaon-Khamarbarhi and Mohakhali-Shahbagh. Besides, the street from Bangla Motor to Malibagh also witnessed a huge gridlock and it became better when Mr Modi entered the hotel around 1pm. Narendra Modi had a scheduled meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina at her office at 4:15pm and returned to the hotel at Karwan Bazar in the evening. However, the Indian Prime Minister will visit the Dhakeshwari Temple at Bakshibazar, Bangabhaban and the Indian High Commission in Dhaka at Gulshan today (Sunday). Before leaving today night, he will deliver a speech at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. So, the city dwellers are likely to face more gridlock also today (Sunday) due to movement of the Indian Prime Minister.