City dwellers began leaving Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon after the government declared a four-day holiday for Durga Puja, the largest annual festival for Bengali Hindus. By Wednesday, streams of passengers continued to pour out of the capital through various terminals, though many faced long delays as heavy traffic clogged highways. Mahmudul Hasan, manager of Ujanbhati Paribahan on the Kishoreganj route, noted that while the puja holiday rush was noticeable, it was still less intense than during Eid. TRAFFIC JAMS SLOW HOLIDAY TRAVELOn the highways, however, the pressure of outbound traffic was evident. “Due to the puja holidays, there is a lot of traffic on the road,” he said Wednesday afternoon.
