Dhaka, Oct. 4 -- The implementing authority of the BRT Line-3 has so far spent Tk 5.57 crore for ensuring safety at the project site, but it has failed to do so. The deaths of five people in August are a testament to the failure.

If this is the case, what is the rationale for such allocation and spending? This ADB-aided project has been the source of sufferings and agonies for tens of thousands of commuters who have the misfortune to pass through this section of Dhaka-Mymensingh road, not far from Dhaka International Airport. Slated to be completed in five years, the project has been running for 10 years now and there is no definite timetable of its completion, even though the authorities have recently set the target for July next year. ...