Eighty percent roads under the first-class traditional Dinajpur Municipality have developed ditches, and due to the lack of expansion of the roads, they have reached the extreme stage of suffering.
The roads of Dinajpur city are full of ditches, potholes, pitch rises, and broken roads, making it extremely difficult for the residents to travel. The public, including school and college students, and vehicle drivers who use these roads are constantly suffering. In addition, the drains next to the roads are filled with garbage. Except for one or two roads, all the roads in the city have big holes and broken roads, causing garbage from houses to be scattered on the roads. The stench of garbage piles next to the roads has made the city residents sick.
The rainy season has begun. During this rainy season, roads are also prone to extreme accidents due to potholes, ditches and collapses. Every day, various vehicles including autorickshaws, motorcycles, vans, bicycles and CNG are constantly breaking down. Due to the lack of dustbins, it is impossible to move due to the stench of garbage thrown on the roads. Due to the filling of the drains next to the roads with garbage or the lack of drainage connections, mud and dirty smelly water flowing over the roads, many roads have collapsed and become completely unusable due to water accumulation.
It has been seen that the road from Dinajpur Kotwali Police Station to Ramnagar, Lalbagh to Chauliapatti via Chauliapatti is filled with canals. Auto drivers and other vehicles do not want to use this road. Similarly, students do not want to walk through the intersection of six roads from Modern Mor to Ghasipara. Sewage and sewage are submerged in water.
In addition, most of the roads in North Balubari are unusable. From Shahi Masjid to the old Education Board office, the road has become like a pond due to the accumulation of completely unusable canals and sewage on the road. The huge road from the city's Rail Bazaar to Rajbati via Battali has turned into big holes. Various vehicles are constantly getting involved in accidents. The road from Rail No. 17 to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital via Ghunti has turned into a kind of pond. Which has become a condition for fish farming as water accumulates on the road all year round. Most of the roads in Dinajpur city have been turned into large potholes due to lack of expansion and renovation for a long time. Various vehicles are taking risks on the roads filled with gullies and potholes.
Dinajpur Municipality was established in 1869. It was upgraded to the status of a first class municipality in 1990. At present, its area is 26.5 square kilometers. More than 4.5 lakh people live in 12 wards. The total length of roads in the municipal area is 187.14 kilometers. Of this, 122 kilometers are paved and unpaved roads, 44 kilometers are 6.72 kilometers are concrete poured (RCC) and 6 kilometers are brick paved roads.
According to the municipality's calculations, there are 55 kilometers and 987 meters of drains in the municipal area. Due to lack of renovation for a long time, the drains of every ward have broken. They are filled with garbage. As water does not flow through the drains, water rises on the streets even with a slight rain.
In front of Uttar Balubari Holyland College and various areas including Rail No. 17, dirty water accumulates on the road throughout the year. Locals somehow walk through the sites of other people's houses. In addition, they pollute the environment by dumping garbage from various restaurants and hospitals and clinics everywhere.
Abul Kashem of Balubari area of Dinajpur city said, Balubari area was once considered a VIP area. Now, due to the extremely poor condition of the road, many people do not come to this area. The linkage roads here are completely unfit for movement. Even if two people walk through the house site, it is completely impossible for light vehicles, starting from auto-rickshaws, to move.
Mohammad Rafiq, an auto driver in front of Dinajpur Kotwali Police Station, said that auto drivers do not want to travel from Kotwali Police Station to Lalbagh. Because taking passengers on this road is extremely difficult. There is no condition to sit in an auto rickshaw. If you travel on this road, the auto rickshaw breaks down. Due to this, many auto drivers express their reluctance to travel on this road with passengers.
Habibur Rahman, a local of Sardar Para in the city, said, "The rainy season has begun. Even after a little rain, the roads become muddy and filled with dirty water. Most of the drains on the side of the road are filled with garbage. Since the drains are not clean, even after a little rain, the drains overflow and fill the roads with dirty water. Accidents are constantly occurring due to the city's roads being filled with mud. When someone new to Dinajpur city comes, they feel upset to see the poor condition of the roads."
Dinajpur Municipality Administrator Riaz Uddin said that most of the roads in Dinajpur city have been filled with mud due to lack of renovation for a long time. Many roads have collapsed. The condition of the drainage system is also not good. Roads have not been widened for a long time. As a result, most of the roads have become narrow in width. The municipality's cleaning staff is working continuously.
However, letters have been sent to the ministry several times for road expansion and road renovation and drainage system renovation. Concrete pouring or (RCC) work is underway on several roads in the city. Work on several more roads will start after the monsoon.
