Roads left in a bad shape Utility agencies dig up for dev work, DCC forgets to repai

Mohammad Khokon was driving a bus from Narayanganj to Dhaka on Sunday morning. While crossing the Joykali Mandir area, its wheel got caught in a pothole on the road.
The road stretching from Joykali Mandir to Rajdhani Super Market was thick with wet clay as it was dug up recently by Titas Gas to relocate the gas supply lines and make way for the construction of Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover.
The trenches in the road were filled up poorly and Khokon did not notice the pothole. It took the bus around 12 hours to come out of the trap.
This has become a common sight in the area since June 12, when the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd started reinstalling its supply lines along the two sides of the road from the middle.
The excavation work in the rainy season has made driving unsafe, said Khokon. To negotiate the distance between Jatrabari and Gulistan, it now takes two hours longer.
"I have to walk around one kilometre every day along the muddy and greasy road to take my daughter to school,” said Rabeya Chowdhury, a resident of Swamibagh. Her daughter Mariha Chowdhury, a playgroup student at Moitri Kindergarten in Wari, used to go to school by rickshaw.
Contacted, Ashiqur Rahman, project director of Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover, said a recent meeting at the Prime Minister's Office had decided to relocate all the utility lines by June 15. But the Titas Gas undertook their work on June 12.
"We are now digging the road from Bangabhaban to Jatrabari and it will take two more months to complete," said Jasim Uddin, project manager for the rehabilitation of Titas Gas supply lines.
Asked about doing the job in the rains, he said they were ready to do it two years ago, but the project authorities have caused the delay.
The construction of around 10 km-long Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover is expected to end in July next year.
MINDLESS ROAD-DIGGING MOUNTS SUFFERINGS
Many roads in other parts of the capital are also in appalling condition due to careless digging by several utility service providers.
The roads include Darussalam Road, Mirpur Technical to Shyamoli, Mirpur-10 to Agargaon and Tibet intersection in Tejgaon Industrial Area to National Shooting Federation.
Sources at Dhaka Wasa said it has been digging the road stretching from Chankharpool to Buet to lay water supply pipes. The commuters and residents, therefore, have to suffer.
The water supplier has dug up around 26 km road in the capital this year.
Besides, Power Grid Company of Bangladesh has built trenches from Mirpur-14 to Shyamoli via Mirpur-10 and Agargaon to lay electric cables.
Dhaka south and north city corporations are responsible for repairing the roads.
Ahmed Ali Shah, superintendent engineer of Dhaka North City Corporation, said they have already started the repair works and will complete it at the earliest.
"We are not repairing part of the road stretching from Technical intersection to Shyamoli due to a request from Wasa, as they will check their supply lines later," he added.