Traffic Jam Is Freezing Strong Economy and Healthy Environment: A Case Study of Dhaka City

Abstract

Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh . Along with its metropolitan Dhaka has a population of over 12 million. Day by day Dhaka is badly affected by huge traffic jam. Due to traffic jam a substantial portion of working hours have to be left on streets which create adverse impact on economy. Traffic jam has also many other negative impacts on economy, environment and human life. For this purpose this paper has given its attention on the impacts of traffic jam in Dhaka city.