Narrating his ordeal, Salauddin, who works in a pharmaceutical company in Dhaka and is a resident of Galachipa Upazila in Patuakhali, said that he left early in the morning to go home for various works including buying cattle. He thought that there would be no traffic jam in the early morning.
In fact, he reached the toll plaza of Padma Bridge from Dhaka quickly, but then got stuck in a traffic jam. After waiting for two hours, he paid the toll and resumed the journey in his car.
Similarly, Miraj Hussain, a resident of Batiaghata in Khulna, was going home on a motorcycle. He said, “I am going home to celebrate Eid with my family, but got stuck in a long traffic jam at Mawa toll plaza.”