Faridpur roads turn unfit for vehicles

Thousands of people who travel through the road everyday are suffering to a great extent, but authorities concerned have no time to ease the sufferings of commuters, said local residents. The locals alleged that they had to face very hazardous situation on the way due to dilapidated situation of the road which may cause accident any time. During a visit to the area this correspondent have found that nearly 40 kilometres of Khulna-Faridpur Highway have totally damaged. Beside, gigantic potholes have developed at every portions of Rajbari-Kamarkhali Highway. According to RHD, nearly 10,000 vehicles ply the road everyday. A driver, who use the road everyday, wishing anonymity said: “Drivers and passengers have to suffer a lot during their journey on the roads. Potholes have developed on the roads which caused road accidents.” To ease the suffering of people he urged to authorities concerned to repair the highway as soon as possible. Shahjahan Helal, a resident of Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur district, said: “Local have already urged the authorities concerned to repair the roads for several times but the authorities did not pay heed to their demand.” He requested the government to take immediate measures to repair the road to ease   sufferings of local people. Mohammad Jahangir Alam, executive engineer of Faridpur Roads and Highways department, said: “We have already appointed two contractors to repair the road. The government has allotted Tk38.27 crore to repair the road” He hoped that the roads will be very fine by December this year.