Even light rainfall makes many points in Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway risky and troublesome for traffic movement due to stagnant water and mud on the road caused by digging of the road for repair work.

The people of Aditmari and Kaliganj upazilas of the district have to suffer a lot while travelling on the road.

Truck driver Habibur Rahman, 42, said, “Due to the rain in the last few days, around two kilometre of the highway in Aditmari and Kaliganj upazilas have become risky for traffic movement, so we avoid this route while carrying goods.”

Schoolteacher Manowar Hossain, 50, of Bhadai village in Aditmari upazila said, “As the highway is the only route for connecting the district headquarters with four other upazilas we are forced to use the risky route.”

Trader Ismail Hossain, 48, of Kakina village in Kaliganj upazila said, “Our clothes get dirty when we travel on the highway.”

Executive Engineer of Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in Lalmonirhat Sajedur Rahman said two construction firms have been repairing 32.3 km of vulnerable roads on the highway, costing Tk 33 crore, and the work is almost done.

The progress is slow as the workers cannot work properly due to the rain, Sajedur said, adding that the work will be completed by the end of this month.