The roads and highways are clogged once again with unbearable traffic ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, putting holiday-makers in an unbearable situation. We have been here before — every Eid, the rush of people going home for Eid brings our entire road and highway network to a gridlock. Despite promises of massive plans to tackle Eid traffic rush by the government before Eid-ul-Fitr this year, the city saw next to no improvement in traffic management — citizens witnessed the same old pattern of traffic congestion. Stopgap solutions like deploying rover scouts to assist traffic police are not enough to tackle a problem of the magnitude that Dhaka and its connecting highways experience around the Eid holiday season. We, as a nation, seem to be trapped in a spiral, where Eid traffic worsens every year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 07, 2016 18:00 UTC