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Dhaka getting residents back

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People have started coming back into the capital after spending a long vacation.

But there was no traffic rush on the city streets on Wednesday and crowds of people were mostly seen in the bus and ferry terminals and railway stations.

Mohammad Mahmud, Traffic Inspector of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), told bdnews24.com that 50 passenger launches reached Sadarghat ferry terminal from the southern districts while only 12 launches left Dhaka on Wednesday.

He added the outbound launches were crowded but the flow of passengers in the incoming ones was mostly normal. However, the pressure of passengers coming to Dhaka will go up in the next couple of days.

This year, government and private employees enjoyed a weeklong holiday on the occasion of Eid, National Mourning Day, Shab-e-Qadr and weekends.

The government, semi- government and private offices, banks and other institutions reopened on Wednesday after the extended weeklong holiday. But attendance of employees in the offices was thin as thousands of people who streamed out of the capital are yet to return.

It is believed that the city will be brimming with residents from Sunday.

Railway's Transportation Officer (Dhaka zone) M Salahuddin said that 14 trains reached Kamalapur Railway Station from other parts of the country on Wednesday.

Nurul Islam Nuru, Manager of Ilish Paribahan at Sayedabad bus terminal, told bdnews24.com that holidaymakers already started flocking back to the capital.

"The pressure of passengers will rise on Saturday and Sunday," he added.

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