Report Writing on Traffic Jam

Traffic Jam in Most of the Places in Dhaka

Yesterday, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., hundreds of trucks, tankers, cars and two – wheelers were caught in the traffic Checking from Mohamad Ali Road to Meghna Bridge Junction and from Motijeel,Dhaka road to  New Market Road. It was learnt from reliable sources that the situation had been caused by a political procession. Matters became worse as the traffic was at its peak during those hours. Many vehicle owners who tried to avoid the traffic jam by using the interior roads and lanes found themselves going in circles. It took the motorists almost an hour and a half to reach Motijeel,Dhaka road to New Market Road. The traffic police found it difficult to maintain order. Milon Akhter, a taxi driver, said, “I have been driving from the past 12 years but I have never witnessed a traffic jam of this proportion.”

Traffic jam has become a serious problem nowadays. Long lines of vehicles at different traffic points are seen every day. The roads and streets are very narrow in comparison with the number of vehicles. The licensed and unlicensed rickshaws, chaotic scooters, the forgoing buses and above all the overloaded lorries are mostly liable for traffic jam. The drivers are not well trained and well educated. Overtaking tendency also causes traffic jam. The number of traffic police is insufficient. Unconsciousness among people, unskilled traffic police, haphazard vehicles parking, narrow road points are also responsible for creating traffic jam. Moreover, manually driven slow moving vehicles like rickshaw, vans and pushcarts ply along the city roads. They often make race with each other senselessly. They almost don’t care about road signs. Frequent road construction and maintenance work often create traffic problem. Sometimes different political parties are found to use city roads for their political activities. The general people expect a permanent solution of the problems.