Bracing for traffic jam
City dwellers say roads are already crowded as lockdown remains only on paper; bus service resumes Thursday
Although all kinds of bus services have been suspended across the country as part of the ongoing lockdown. PHOTO: AMRAN HOSSAIN
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Despite no buses plying the roads, the capital is still witnessing heavy traffic amid the lockdown . If that is the scenario right now, when buses start running from Thursday, Dhaka may once again turn into a city of traffic jams, city dwellers fear.
Restrictions were imposed on movement of people and public transportation on April 5, to contain the second wave of Covid-19. The restrictions had then been extended until May 5 in phases. Yesterday, they were was once again extended till May 16, but with a directive to resume intra-district bus services from May 6
Restrictions largely ignored in Dhaka markets
Staff Correspondent | Published: 23:33, Apr 09,2021 | Updated: 23:44, Apr 09,2021
Shoppers crowd a clothes store at Gausia Market in Dhaka on Friday as the store offered discount on its items amid worsening COVID-19 situation. Sony Ramany
Both shoppers and shopkeepers in a number of city markets on Friday, the first day of market reopening after four days of shutdown, largely ignored health restrictions imposed by the government amid worsening COVID-19 situation.
Traders said that no government agency visited their markets on the first day while the number of customers was very low.
On April 4, the Cabinet Division issued an 11-point instruction restricting public movement and businesses and banning operations of all modes of public transport, including domestic flights, across the country for a week with effect from Monday.