2024-04-07 03:39:14
Eid is only a few days away. The joy of the festival is spreading all over the country. Millions of people are returning home due to pulse. City dwellers are leaving Dhaka every day. Buses, trains, launches – everywhere is crowded with people. But this year’s Eid trip is very relaxing. Although there is traffic congestion at the exits from Dhaka, there is no suffering on the long journey.
The office is not closed yet. The family should be taken to the village. When the Eid holiday starts, everyone will go home together. It will increase the pressure. Because of this, many have started sending their families home earlier. Many people left Dhaka on Friday weekend. A significant number of people are leaving the capital today on Saturday. As people started leaving the city around the long holiday of Eid, the pressure of passengers on road, sea and train increased. Passengers have also increased by air. However, the overflowing crowd of homebound people has not yet started. As people return home, Dhaka is gradually becoming empty.
Today (Saturday) it was found that the rush of passengers has increased at Kamalapur railway station, Gabtali, Sayedabad and Mohakhali bus terminals and Sadarghat launch ghat in the capital. The bus is leaving at the scheduled time. Due to the pressure of vehicles on the highway, traffic jams are being created. However, despite the disruption in the railway schedule at the beginning of the day, the schedule got fixed as the day progressed. It is known that the Rajshahi-bound Dhumketu Express was scheduled to leave Kamalapur railway station at 6 am, but it left at 7:50 am. The train left about two and a quarter hours late. However, Sonarbangla Express, Egarsindur Prabhati, Teesta Express, Sundarban Express left the station on time.
Meanwhile, the buses left the station one by one with passengers full of Eid journey. Commuters on Dhaka-Mawa, Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet highways throng Jatrabari Mor, Shanir Akhra, Rayer Bagh and Signboard bus counters. Among them, the pressure of Chittagong-bound traffic on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway is reported to be high. Apart from this, cars are running stop-and-go in Chandra area of Dhaka-Tangail highway.
So far Eid journey by sea is also said to be comfortable. Especially the launch cabin is in high demand. Comparatively fewer passengers on deck. Launch owners have also increased the number of launches due to the increase in passengers. However, the passengers have to suffer due to the traffic jam on the road from Gulistan to Sadarghat.
At Sadarghat Terminal, there were more launch passengers on Friday than any other time. But there was not much pressure. As a result, there is still a lot of comfort in sea travel. Various organizations including BIWTA, law and order forces, fire service, coast guard are working to ensure smooth Eid journey. Abul Kalam, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat naval station, said that several teams of naval police are patrolling the Buriganga river and the terminal. The situation is good.
Joint Director of Maritime Safety and Traffic Management Department of Sadarghat Terminal. Ismail Hossain said, as the last Friday of Ramadan, the number of passengers has increased slightly but there is no pressure. He said that till 2 pm on Friday, 28 launches had left from the terminal on different routes. There are 37. Altogether 70 launches went to different destinations with passengers on Friday. On Thursday, the number was 66.
13 Police Instructions: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has issued 13 instructions on the occasion of Eid. They are gas cylinders or gas lines, water lines, all types of lights, fan switches, electrical plugs should be shut off. To prevent fire accidents in the house, after returning from home after the vacation, open the doors and windows and do not light the gas stove or switch on the electric switch until the gas accumulated in the house comes out. CCTV cameras should be installed in homes. Check whether the previously installed CC camera is active. Electric lighting system should be kept around the house. Cash or jewelery should be kept safe with bank or close relatives. The movement of unknown suspects wearing face masks and head caps should be monitored at night or day together. If necessary, call 999.
The directives also include – Alarms should be installed to prevent motorcycle theft. An alarm will sound if someone touches the motorcycle. Marine anchor chain made of steel shall be used for locking. Motorcycles should be fitted with GPS trackers and better quality disc locks should be used on wheels. If you accept a friend request sent on Facebook in the name of an IPS or BCS officer, army officer, etc. from the country or abroad, you may be cheated or a victim of blackmailing. Therefore, such friend requests should not be accepted. Do not accept video calls from strangers whose name and address you do not know. They can blackmail you by recording obscene pictures or videos sent in such video calls and collect money.
The DMP guidelines also state that no person can close your bank account or Bikash or cash account. These accounts may ask you for account password or PIN number repeatedly in various ways, threatening to close the account. Password or pin code cannot be given under any circumstances after receiving such a phone call. If you get a phone call saying money has gone into your Bkash account by mistake, don’t believe it without checking. Don’t believe that you have won the lottery or receive a mobile phone call saying that you will send expensive gifts or dollars from abroad. Fraudsters steal lakhs of rupees by saying that money has to be paid at airport customs or NBR or Bangladesh Bank. Do not fall into such temptation under any circumstances.
DMP’s further request to the public – Do not believe in the lure of making crores of rupees by investing in border pillars made of expensive metals. Fraudsters steal crores of rupees by showing fake pillars. In reality there is no such pillar. If you receive a request to send urgent money to a relative, friend or acquaintance in danger on Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, IMO etc., do not send any money without contacting that person’s mobile number or the mobile number of his family members. Such requests are sent by stealing mobiles or hacking different IDs. Don’t believe Facebook accounts or apps that offer cheap hotel rentals, plane tickets, or low-cost shipping to Europe, Canada, or America.