2024-07-25 09:30:10
After the panic and discomfort of the last few days due to the violence caused by the quota movement across the capital, life is returning to normal. After being stopped for five consecutive days, the whole country including the capital started to be normal on the first working day on Wednesday. During the office holiday on this day, traffic jams were also created on various important roads in the afternoon. And the city dwellers suffered for a while in the late afternoon rain.
Public and private offices and courts opened on Wednesday from 11 am to 3 pm. Curfew from 10 am to 5 pm has been relaxed so people can move freely. However, the city dwellers have to suffer a bit due to the low number of public transport.
Government and private offices will be open from 11 am to 3 pm on Thursday, the last working day of the week. On the other hand, curfew will be relaxed from 10 am to 5 am.
Meanwhile, there is heavy presence of law and order forces on the road to avoid any untoward incident. Traffic has increased on roads and highways.
Dhaka’s familiar traffic jams can be seen on the roads of the capital on Wednesday. Normal presence of people was seen on various roads including Oligli, much more than last few days. The residents of the capital are happy to get out of the house after several days of uncomfortable situation. Apart from the office opening, they expressed their satisfaction as the traffic flow was normal.
Due to the lack of buses, battery-powered rickshaws are also plying on the main road. There were too many private cars and rickshaws on the road. They took advantage of the opportunity and charged more rent.
Abbas Hossain, who works in a private bank, was waiting for the bus from Paltan to New Bazaar after finishing the office. He said that he was standing for a long time and could not board the bus. There is no place to step on the bus that is coming. There is no way to hire CNG. Collecting double rent. Expressing the fear that such a situation will happen on Thursday too, he thinks that everything can be normal from Sunday.
Meanwhile, the number of people on the road increased from 9 am on the first day of the office opening after five days. With the opening of public and private offices, many people leave their house-bound lives and rush to work. Along with that, the number of vehicles also increases. As the day progressed, others
The capital started to return to itself like a normal day. Even though it was past curfew in the afternoon, there was the old traffic jam on the road due to the rush to get home at the last moment.