Traffic jam was seen in the busiest roads of Chattogram and the students of various colleges were seen controlling the traffic there on Wednesday. Locals and mass people welcomed this initiative of the students.
Educated youths were also working to control the traffic in different areas of Chattogram.
The country is going back to normal condition even though the Awami League government was overthrown by the anti-discriminatory student movement. The pressure of vehicles in various roads is less due to that. However, the pressure of vehicles is increasing as offices and factories are open.
Many of the students had brooms and polythene bags in their hands and they were cleaning the garbage from the road. Some students were working to control the traffic. Some others were painting the walls and roads with colors and brushes, writing for the demand of justice for those who were killed in the quota reform movement, as well as compassionate notes for them. Students of various colleges arranged food and water on their own initiative in these activities. They were stopping motorcyclists without helmets and instructing them not to ride motorcycles without helmet and telling the drivers of battery-run auto rickshaws not to come to the main road.
This correspondent observed these activities of the students when he visited Chakbazar, Bahaddarhat, New Market, Lalkhan Bazar, Kazir Deuri, Khulshi and WASA intersection areas of the city on Wednesday. The students distributed soft drinks among the students of different colleges who were working to control the traffic on the roads. Many aware citizens provided food to them as they were happy with their activities.
Although the number of large vehicles was less, minibuses, rickshaws, CNG-run auto rickshaws and tempo vehicles were seen moving in Lalbazar intersection area. Although there no traffic jam was created, the students were standing around the road trying to maintain the traffic system. Members of Bangladesh Ansar were also working to control the traffic.
The students were passing busy times in various intersections of the road to clear the traffic as there is no traffic police there now. Students of various colleges who took charge of controlling the traffic are working to clear the traffic jam in the three busiest points of the road. They said the students will continue these services till the country returns to normal condition.
The students said this is our country. So it is our responsibility to protect the environment of this country. There are no members of the law enforcement forces at present. So, we took the responsibility and came to control the traffic on the major roads of Chattogram. We have claimed our rights together. Severe damages were done across the country amid the violence during the movement. Now, we have to rebuild these, they added.
They were doing the work of traffic police voluntarily and with joy. Their fellow students have divided themselves in various groups who will participate in this work from the next day. They said we want to leave these work as an example. Those who will govern the country later should keep these tasks in mind and govern the country with integrity.
The drivers said they are happy to see the students controlling the traffic on their own initiative. They had to pay the extortionists when they used to drive earlier. Now, on the one hand, there is no traffic jam. On the other hand, there is no extortion. They welcomed these services of the students.
