Despite being a first-class municipality, residents of Shariatpur are suffering immensely due to a lack of safe drinking water, scattered garbage, and a severe shortage of streetlights. Most of the lamp posts in various municipal roads have been out of order for a long time, plunging neighborhoods into darkness every evening, which hinders normal movement and increases security risks like theft and mugging.
Badal Khan and Naim Sheikh from ward number 5 stated that they have to move with panic after sunset since the lights became dysfunctional. Residents of ward number 1 and traders at Bottola intersection also highlighted the lack of adequate lighting and safety concerns.
Executive Officer of the municipality Md. Enamul Haque mentioned that streetlights often get damaged due to natural disasters, short circuits, transformer explosions, vandalism, and thefts, noting that repair is an ongoing process. Municipal Administrator and Additional District Magistrate Md. Wahid Hossain stated that work to install 200 new streetlights is underway and efforts are being made to resolve other civic problems according to the budget.
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