Dhaka, Sept. 24 -- When late mayor Annisul Huq floated the bus route rationalisation plan for Dhaka city, many found it to be a pipe dream. Such scepticism appears to be not out of place still now. Nearly, five years after the sad demise of Annisul, two city corporations are still struggling to implement the plan even in one route. The much-touted project of the late mayor had remained in cold storage for more than a couple of years. But the incumbent mayors of Dhaka North and South City Corporations had picked up the plan and vowed to carry it through, weathering all odds. At least 24 meetings that the special committee on bus route rationalisation under their joint leadership held to date speak of their resolve.

But the odds are too ma...