Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Regular accidents and traffic gridlocks are the common phenomena on the 20.5-kilometre Gazipur to Uttara Road due to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project which started some 10 years ago, but the work progress is still around 80 percent.

Every day the commuters from Gazipur to Uttara and vice-versa feel a hellish experience of four to five hours or even more traffic gridlock to reach their destinations because of the undergoing project work.

The situation becomes diabolic when rains submerged most of the project roads and the drivers and pedestrians fell into the traps of ditches here and there caused by the mismanagement of the project work without considering the smooth traffic.

People said that the development of any ...