Markets, malls abuzz with Eid shoppers
Staff Correspondent
Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:00 AM The shops in front of Chadni Chowk market were seen buzzing with people yesterday, but social distancing was hardly a matter of concern for shoppers and sellers. Photo: Muntakim Saad >
The shops in front of Chadni Chowk market were seen buzzing with people yesterday, but social distancing was hardly a matter of concern for shoppers and sellers. Photo: Muntakim Saad
Even amid the pandemic, Dhaka residents thronged shopping centres and markets yesterday for Eid shopping.
It was the second day of the eight-day easing of lockdown restrictions.
As it was a weekend, the day saw less traffic and public movement on city streets, with the exception of market areas, which were inundated with people from all walks of life.
Dhaka markets packed with shoppers as lockdown relaxed
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He did not elaborate on the matter. Train and launch services will remain suspended as the ongoing restrictions have been extended ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, he said.
Although public buses did not run on the city streets for 22 days amid the Covid-19 restrictions, traffic had been increasing over the past few days. In the absence of public transport, people took rickshaws, CNG-run auto-rickshaws and cars on rent to reach their destinations.
Yesterday, after buses started operating again, Dhaka once again witnessed its perennial traffic congestion. Police said it happened due to a huge pressure of shoppers ahead of Eid, which will be celebrated in a week.
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
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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