Thousands of homebound people suffered much Wednesday because of the long delays begin their journeys mainly by buses and trains, and heavy traffic jams on motorways.
The outgoing bus passengers had to wait due to non-availability of the buses in the city-bus terminals for five to six hours outside their scheduled departure time.
Transport companies and employees blame the heavy congestion on highways for the delayed journey, say that most of the buses remained stranded on major highways such as Dhaka-Chittagong, Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka Manikgonj from morning.
The heaviest traffic standstill, extends over an area of 40 km and only made the Homegoers hell on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on the day. Two were loaded trucks were responsible for the long half back.
A significant number of ticket holders of a number of trains their seats because of the unprecedented pressure from home-goers found, that the journey is available in other subjects to start has urged.
"I could not the turn despite securing tickets after a long battle." "You see no hope to go, I somehow managed to a Division in the train as many others", said a government employee Kamal Uddin, wanted to Rajshahi silkworms City Express.
Railways and Communications Minister Obaidul box from a surprise visit in Kamalapur ordered station in the morning and take action against four railway officials for misconduct.
Attendant of Mahanagar express Mohammad Nizam Uddin was during the visit following allegations, that passengers in the exchange of money illegally seats provide for the official track has been suspended.
The Minister immediately issued the suspension to say that unscrupulous people have same punishment to face, when home-goers continue suffer because of them.
Station East senior electrical engineer Saba Uddin was also convicted and asked to explain why the lights and fans of a train not in order were.
Senior sub-Assistant Engineer (telephone/light) Aminul Islam was suspended for the incident and divisional engineer Ajay Kumar Poddar Dhaka zone map cause ahead was delivered.
Gazipur-bound rail were Turag express and passenger train Chattrala Express, a Chittagong bound seen wait for hours together on the platform as the train not reaching terminal several hours after the scheduled departure time.
"Chattrala-Express should leave the Kamalapur at 10: 50." "It is now 14: 30 but the train has not yet reached the station," said Dhaka college student Tarikul Islam.
KRS stationmaster Khairul Bashir said that the technical suspension caused the delay. "It can reach here by 15: 00," he added.
However, the train has not arrived within 15.
The situation was the same at Sayedabad, Gabtoli and Mohakhali bus terminals, the virtually in human sea since Wednesday morning.
But passengers had to wait at least three hours to transport even after much higher prices than the official or actual numbers.
"I a ticket from Tangail-bound Nirala Paribahan for TK 200 against the actual rate of TK 150," passenger Kazi Mahmudur Rahman said, was added that he will travel on the bus to reach the Terminal.
Like Rahman, thousands others had the same bitter experience at the terminals, while many others desperately try to secure cards were seen.
"The carriers deliberately artificial crisis of penance by the fact that less number of Dhaka transport only to unethical profit make enter,", said Habibur Rahman, a passenger of a bus Sirajganj bound.
But transport company dismissed the claim saying that their buses on Dhaka-Tangail started motorway due to long half back there.
Officer-in-charge of Gorai highway police box Sanwar Hossain said that the nagging traffic congestion caused by a road accident in the early hours of the morning at the Bhatkura in Tangail.
"The situation is improving after 11: 00, after the vehicles, the Director collided with a crane from the highways have been removed," he added.
Heavy stationary on Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka Manikgonj motorways also serious errors of transport movements, said the highway police sources.
Head of police of Highway (East zone) Rezaul Karim said that communications Minister Obaidul box in the congestion for some time like other most got stranded at 13: 00 at the Nimshar in Burichang Upazila.
The Minister was the capital was to pay a brief visit to the Meghna river Gumti bridge in Noakhali.
After the visit, Sadarghat launch terminal, found that most carried passengers on their capacity starts (with the exception of three Government steamer).
Launch operators were charging additional fares, fully exploit the period, supposedly a number of passengers of the coastal districts.
The home owner at a meting instead of Bangladesh inland water transport authority (BIWTA) on 29 July assured that the rate will not be hiked.
Iqbal Karim (Badhon) came to Sadarghat Wednesday to go to his home in Barguna and was looking for a ticket of the deck. He said that it him 550 against the usual fare of the TK TK 250 costs.
MD Dobir Hossain, said a Barisal resident of the vu, that he run a space in the deck at the private Suravi 7 start against the actual tariff of TK 150 TK 350 paid.
Dismissal of charges, said Owners Association Shamsuddin Milon start Vice President of private, that they are the fare, the fees set by the Government last year.
After the BIWTA leave nearly 0.10 million people for the coastal districts per day, to enjoy the Festival through canals.
September adds: thousands of people have been caught returning home for the Eid-ul-Fitr-fest in a 40-kilometre tailback on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.
The police said that the heavy congestion began to develop in the morning by four accidents on the highway.
Officer-in-charge of the Mainamoti highway police outpost Jahangir Alam told the Agency a Chittagong bound truck lost control and slid from the highway in Korpai of Burichang Upazila in Comilla at 06.
"Although the truck was removed from the highway by a wrecker, traffic jams become heavy after an other truck out of order, located near Gate 1 from the Comilla cantonment was about 13: 30," he added.
Sergeant Mehadi Hasan from the Daudkandi highway police said outpost traffic standstill became acute on the 40 km section of motorway from Comilla cantonment for two truck area gomti River Bridge, had been ineffective on the gomti River Bridge in Daudkandi at 13 and 14: 15 or.
Sergeant Anwar Hossain who said outpost of Eliotganj highway police, that a considerable number of vehicles people before the oath were the homebound ferry on the highway. "So, the traffic on the highway has taken a serious turn."
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