Car owners cry for parking lots
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22/09/2008
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Daily Star (Bangladesh)
The existing parking crisis of the city takes a seriously turn in Ramadan with Eid shopping getting momentum and shopping zones becoming crammed with vehicles.
Shoppers and police blame insufficient parking space in most of the shopping malls for the situation, which is common before every Eid.
Streets adjacent to major shopping areas like New Market, Chadni Chawk, Gausia, Dhanmondi Hawkers Market, Eastern Plaza, Mouchak, Karnaphuli Garden City, Baitul Mukarram Market, Elephant Road, Mirpur Muktijoddha Market and Shah Ali Market virtually get standstill every day with hundreds of vehicles parked there.
Sayedur Rahman, DC-Traffic (South) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said New Market, Chadni Chawk, Gausia, Dhanmondi Hawkers Market, Elephant Road and adjacent places are the most chaotic shopping areas of the city.