The Comilla-Sylhet highway on Comilla’s side has recently turned into a death trap for those who travel on the road, especially vehicles carrying goods.
Many vehicles reportedly fall into clearings and holes on this road everyday. On Wednesday, there was a lot of traffic on Debidar and Burichang areas of this road sparked off by a similar incident. Primary inspection has shown there are broken axles lying in Barera area of Deibar side of the road.
Saif Uddin, an executive engineer, said the road has become tender due to reconstruction.
“Hopefully it’ll improve in the next two-three days,” he said.
However, this has reportedly been an issue for two years. In avoiding this part of the roads, many end up traveling with their vehicles on the village roads.
Passengers and transport service providers said on Tuesday, three goods-laden trucks tumbled into an opening on the 10km road in Debidar and Burichang area, while the axles of 11 goods-laden truck were broken. The Debidar New Market, Baniapara, Barera, Begumbaad, Kalikapur, Jaforganj, Hatimara, Aziznagar, Chagura and Kangshanagar areas of the road are especially affected.
Some claim, because the road and people division have not been able to clean the 10km distance, the holes have become deathtraps.