Dhaka, June 26 -- Frequent accidents are occurring due to large potholes on both sides of a heavily used culvert in Chitalmari Upazila of Bagerhat district. The culvert is located over the dead Chitra canal between Surshail and Durgapur villages (adjacent to a local monastery), on the border of Upazila Sadar and Charbaniari Union.
On Sunday, June 22, around 11 a.m., a water tanker overturned while attempting to cross the culvert. The driver was seriously injured in the incident. The tanker's owner, Shaheen Sheikh, said that minor accidents happen almost daily at the site.
According to local residents and on-site observations, the culvert was constructed in the 2016-17 fiscal year by the Disaster Management Department at a cost of Tk 23.4 ...