Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity Secretary General Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury said recently that use of low-quality bitumen wastes a lot of public money and investment of vehicle owners. The common people of the country have to bear the burden of state expenditure, including the sufferings of
‘Use of low-quality bitumen worries govt, public’
Staff Correspondent | banglanews24.com
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity Secretary General Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury recently said that use of low-quality bitumen wastes a lot of public money and investment of vehicle owners.
The common people of the country have to bear the burden of state expenditure, including the sufferings of passengers of public transport, he said.
The road safety campaigner thinks that the construction of roads with low-quality bitumen causes such a three-pronged damage.
According to Road Maintenance Management System (RMMS) data, Bangladesh has around 22,419 kilometre roads across the country in different categories. There are around 3980km roads under the national highway, 4897km under the regional highway and 13,541km roads at district level.
Use of quality bitumen a must to improve road durability
Staff Correspondent
22nd May, 2021 10:57:25
Experts have suggested ensuring the use of quality bitumen in road construction to help improve the durability and longevity of roads and highways.
As Bangladesh is largely dependent on imported bitumen, they also opined for a thorough quality assessment of the imported bitumen products.
Dr Shamsul Hoque, a public transport expert and professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at BUET, observed that most of the roads in Bangladesh have been built using imported bitumen and do not last long due to various reasons.
“Only the use of quality bitumen can ensure the durability and longevity of roads. Low-quality bitumen makes roads prone to damages sooner than the expected timeframe,” he added.
Road repairs drain out huge public money
News Desk | banglanews24.com
Public money continues to be wasted every year to repair the dilapidated and damaged roads built by the low-quality bitumen.
Sources said that around Tk 2000 crore is spent every year in this regard, thanks to the poor oversight of the authorities concerned.
According to Road Transport and Highways Division, spending on roads repairing and rebuilding has been increasing every year due to the poor condition of roads across the country.
Experts and sector insiders think that the spending might have been far less if the roads constructed ensuring quality bitumen.