Residents of BISCIC industrial area in Jamalpur district town have been suffering because of the dilapidated conditions of roads which are also riddled by hundreds potholes.
People of the area suffer because of waterlogging caused by the poor drainage system. During the rainy season, frequent accidents occur as the rainwater floods the streets and conceals the broken section of the roads.
Locals said people, who want to avoid these road have to travel through a time-consuming alternative route.
Moreover, industrial entrepreneurs cannot transport their goods properly because the roads are so rundown.
The sources said a BISCIC industrial area has been set in the centre of Jamal district town in 1980 in a bid to rehabilitate erosion effected people.
Different entrepreneurs are operating at least 57 factories in the town. Production of the factories are sometimes hampered as raw materials cannot be supplied to factories, said the sources.
Many entrepreneurs told the Dhaka Tribune that they would be compelled to shut down their business as they could not get raw materials in time and also could not supply products to customers.
They said they had informed authorities concerned several times, but they did not take any measures to repair the roads.
Faruk Ahmed, managing director of Rokeya Chemical, said they had to count extra cost while bring raw materials and supplying those to customers.
Md Atikur Rahman, owner of Hridy Rice Mills, said they could not dry paddy during the rainy reason as “chattal”, a place where paddy is dried up and processed, is inundated by rainwater.
“Sometimes we fail to supply rice to customers as we cannot processed paddy in time,” he said.
When contacted, Nihar Ranjon Das, assistant managing director of BISCIC, said they had informed Jamalpur municipal authority about the roads.
He hoped that they municipal authority would repair the road as soon as possible.