Digging has started again on the important roads of Sylhet metropolis. Throughout the year, the city's busiest roads are dug up for the work of some departments of the city corporation. The residents of the city are suffering greatly.
Complaints of city dwellers - money is being wasted due to unplanned digging. The residents of the city are also suffering.
Recently, new water line installation work is going on from Nairpool point to Jitu Mia point in Sylhet city. That is why digging is going on by the side of the road.
Road excavated soil is left on half of the road. As a result, the busiest roads are jammed day and night. Drivers and passengers are constantly moving with extreme suffering.
City dwellers say that roads are being dug up all year round for one reason or another. Suffering has reached extreme levels. Due to the lack of proper planning of the city corporation, the people of the city have to suffer. They advise the concerned to be more responsible in this regard.
Businessmen from different areas say that the business situation is not good. Among them, customers do not want to come to the shop because of such lame potholes on the road. As a result, traders have to face losses.
Md. Abdus Sattar, the pipeline mechanic of Sylhet City Corporation's water branch, who supervised the digging work, said - Now the work of installing new water lines from Nyorpool point to Jitu Mia point is underway. Due to this the side of this road is being dug up. Most of the work is done. The rest of the work will be completed in the next ten-twelve days. The road will be fixed after the water line work is completed.
Sylhet City Corporation's water department executive engineer Ali Akbar said that a project worth 18 crores Taka has been taken up to install a new water line in the city. However, various obstacles have to be faced to do these things. Many do not provide space, and many times permission from various organizations is required. There are gas lines and underground cables. Apart from this, work is stopped during the rainy season out of concern for the people. Due to this, the work is slow.
Ali Akbar also said that after the completion of the project, leakage will not happen in many places. City dwellers no longer have to worry about clean water. At the same time, the cost of road repair will also be reduced.
He said - in other countries, there is a specific place for taking utility services. From where gas, electricity, and water lines go. It can be said from that specific place where the problem is.
As a result, the road is not damaged. But we don't have that system. So if there is a problem, the road has to be dug.
