Limiting traffic via the Dhaka College campus by the college authority has resulted in a chaotic peril within the surrounding areas, causing an additional traffic gridlock in Shahbagh, Doyel Chattar and Nilkhet.
As a result, long-established commuters who worn to pass via the areas are if fact be told suffering.
On Saturday, the DU proctor’s living of job issued a seek for banning entry of all sorts of vehicles via the college’s entrances at Shahbagh, Doyel Chattar, Burn Unit, Shibbari Crossing, Fuller Avenue, Palashi, and Nilkhet from 3pm to 10pm on Fridays, Saturdays and other government holidays.
Moreover, the bolt of exterior vehicles inner the campus has been banned from 5pm to 10pm on long-established working days. Simplest vehicles with DU stickers and emergency vehicles, in conjunction with ambulances, media, and government vehicles, will probably be accredited inner the campus, the consciousness says.
Nonetheless, many of the roads now restricted by the college are below the jurisdiction of the Dhaka South Metropolis Corporation. The DU authority stated sooner than imposing their resolution, they’ve discussed it with the DMP Traffic Division and the metropolis corporation.
All over a seek the advice of with to the DU areas this day (15 December), this TBS correspondent saw proctorial mobile teams employed by the college had been checking vehicles passing via the restricted areas, leading to jam attributable to the interception.
Md Rubel, an ambulance driver, told TBS that he faced huge traffic within the Dhaka Medical region this day, and it took him around two hours to sinful the region.
He explained that the auto checking teams employed by the college weren’t successfully-organised and many of the vehicles had been grew to develop into relief as they weren’t allowed to sinful the take a look at posts.
Speaking to TBS, a bike rider, Illius Hossen, expressed his frustration, saying that final Friday he might per chance per chance well no longer dawdle via the campus from Shahbagh, and in consequence, he became caught in traffic jam within the Dhaka Medical region for extra than three hours.
A pupil of Dhaka College, Al Musavi Nihal stated the initiative is appropriate for the college but it needs to be systemic. “Commuters might per chance per chance had been told beforehand relating to the constraints.”
A member of DU proctorial physique mobile team, Md Faruk Hossain, who became discharging duty at Shahbagh this day, told TBS that as deal of the commuters weren’t responsive to the resolution, it has triggered difficulties for them to maintain an eye on the peril.
DU Sociology Division Companion Professor Samina Luthfa additionally criticised the resolution by the college.
In a Facebook put up, she pointed out that many sufferers coming to the government hospitals located at some level of the campus needed to suffer loads within the final two days.
She opined in opposition to banning of all transportations via the campus.
To govern the bolt of exterior vehicles, the DU authorities earlier save in automobile barriers and security surveillance containers at seven key entry aspects. They started limiting automobile bolt on the entrances from 13 December.
Companion Professor Saifuddin Ahmed, the college’s proctor, told TBS that out of the seven aspects, the route via Palashi within the intervening time opened this day.
Acknowledging displeasure from outsider commuters on the resolution, he stated they had been curious relating to the factors setting up from the constraints, and curious about whether the DU region might per chance per chance additionally fair additionally be grew to develop into into a “buffer zone”.
The protection declare of faculty students comes first, he famed.
Your total restricted aspects as adversarial to Shahbgah and Nilkhet are inner the campus, he pointed out.
Speaking to TBS, Mehedi Shakil, assistant commissioner (traffic) of the Shahbagh zone, DMP stated within the intervening time, the traffic jams within the Dhaka College region own increased even after the living of job hours.
Declaring that many had been peaceful ignorant relating to the constraints, and there are two key hospitals within the region, he stated long tailback of vehicles had been noticed within the region even on holidays.
The peril would worsen when vehicles will accomplish bigger within the region within the working days, he feared.
