Stuck in traffic - the terrible traffic jams in Dhaka
Stuck in traffic Faizul Khan Tanim and Musfequr Rahman explore the pain, the causes and possible long-term and short-term relief from our traffic woes photo by Al-Emrun Garjon Ashraf Khan, a student of Dhaka University, once went to the DU campus in the middle of the night on a private car, from his residence in Uttara. ‘It took me only 25 minutes,’ says an astonished Ashraf. Every morning, to make it to his 10am class, Ashraf starts at seven, and barely makes it on time. If one were to look at Dhaka during various hours of the day, between 8am and 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 7pm, and starting from 7pm right up to 10:30 to 11pm on certain roads from the top of a tall building, Dhaka city is at a standstill. ‘All the roads are clogged. The cars are stuck bumper to bumper, the engines release a tremendous amount of heat, drivers honk their horns incessantly, some of the old vehicles let go black smoke, vehicles break lanes and try and enter the ones that are moving faster,’ says Ashraf. ‘O...