World’s Most Dangerous Roads | Bangladesh - The Nawabpur Road in Dhaka | Free Documentary

I foreigner the skyline of

dhaka

the capital of

bangladesh

more than 12 million people live in this rapidly growing metropolis and thousands more arrive every day the streets of

dhaka

have long become like the eye of a needle, but no there are enough streets for an increasing number of people and vehicles worse than the bad air is the noise in the street even if the traffic is completely stopped the corridors are always honking Bangladesh is located to the east of India its northern border is formed through the Himalayas the center of this congestion-ridden city is the streets around the gulistan bus station rickshaws still dominate the city's streets bad chad mia, 25, has been transporting goods by rickshaw for more than seven years, today badjet has to deliver televisions and accessories to a shop in the old town for a logistics company if he loads his rickshaw to the top he receives the equivalent of 70 cents per kilometer.

You can make two or three such trips a day, it depends on how bad the congestion is and whether you can get through without problems. bribe the traffic police but this is already included in the foreign price every day thousands of young people like bloodshed come to the capital they dream of wealth and quick money

most

end up on the streets of dhaka the job of rickshaw driver is A good opportunity to earn money. My hometown is called Sherpa. There is no work there, so I came to Dhaka. Life and work here are hard. There are many traffic jams in Dhaka.

Driving is

dangerous

and rickshaws are prohibited on the main streets, but I will manage, there are many places where the traffic police stop us, sometimes they beat us, but if you give them 10 cents they let you continue, it goes uphill, You have to get off and help me push. We are now taking a left turn on the streets of Dhaka. Things can easily get lost, so the logistics company sends its helpers to look at the goods and show you the way through the maze of streets. Accidents and broken down vehicles are part of the landscape. They are often the result of a few pushes or inconsiderate drivers.

The age and poor condition of the vehicles make any transport a high-risk trip. This old truck was hopelessly overloaded with 18 tons of steel rods instead of the legal limit of five. they made it break down in the middle of the crossing we have more expenses and we will not receive our salary we have to pay everything out of our own pocket it will cost us dearly this time no one was injured but accidents like this are typical on the streets of Dhaka 35 years old The driver of Rickshaw driver, Mohamed Azim, was dragged onto the streets of Dhaka more than 20 years ago.

Every day he takes passengers around the city to earn a few euros, since he has a wife and two children to feed. He knows the streets and their dangers, and he knows exactly what. Actually, being careful with all other vehicles is

dangerous

for me, but I have to pay special attention to buses, trucks and normal cars. The accident occurred when a van hit me from behind and pinned me on the sidewalk. I lost consciousness immediately. It took me three months to calm down. being able to return to shore recreation i said there are too many rickshaw drivers in dhaka any newcomer can do this job for azim this means longer and longer waiting times and prices are competitive rickshaw how much do you want? 20 cents 15. no, I don't I don't have time, let's drive down the street, not only is it dangerous, it's also exhausting.

Azim can't stand more than three or four hours a day. He sometimes also has to wait more than 10 hours at the end of the day, which often leaves him. just a few euros he will send

most

of this money to his wife and children who live in the countryside when I sleep or walk my joints often how much longer can my body withstand the strain but I have to feed and raise my children somehow way after an hour stuck in traffic the budget has covered the short distance to the old town he delivers the goods, especially in the hot tropical summer, an air-conditioned taxi is the only chance to escape the overheated streets for a while Muhammad Amanullah's taxi is a luxury only the rich people can afford.

Muhammad has been driving his yellow taxi through the jungle of the big city of Dhaka for seven years. The worst thing is the ever-present traffic jams that cause a lot of problems. Sometimes I need two hours for a short distance, normally you would need 20 minutes this way I have fewer clients who barely make any money my work is no longer worth it generally they are richer clients business people or foreigners who need to get to the airport who are given the joy of taking a taxi the english david giddings often travels to

bangladesh

on business and has managed to learn a few words of the local language david has not managed to get used to the traffic in dhaka i mean i drive in rome i have driven in naples for 30 years i live in italy I've been there for 30 years but I would never drive in Dhaka I would never not take the risk because first of all because people are not insured which is very important my friend's brother is now angry because he got run over he is now completely crazy with brain damage and they just run away if you have it. in an accident they never stop because people would lynch them they would kill them I mean crossing the street is a problem the crossings are very few and people don't realize they don't realize the police traffic lights are just a waste of foreign money So you cross jump down the street, you try to stop the cars with your hand, they don't let you go easily and they get out in the middle of traffic and check something like this, it's very informal, I mean, it's, I mean, I don't think they have a code circulation or, if they have it, I don't think anyone has ever read it.

I don't think the police read it because they don't arrest people. From time to time the government tries to enforce the law. It just issued a new highway code, read this and take note of the new rules, are those the new laws, yes, I received something similar the other day, okay, the government wants to force drivers to keep their individual lanes, in It is actually a problem for all of us and for taxis. Drivers do it wrong, but the worst defenders are the rickshaw drivers, they have no idea about the highway code. It's true that we often go too fast, but we're not the only ones our customers want to get to their destination quickly. so we just do it, replacement at almost all major junctions that regulate traffic flow, without them traffic would come to a complete standstill.

People respect officers more than traffic signs, but even they can't control the chaos everyone wants. go first if we don't stop this behavior nothing will ever change everyone just drives towards the crossing jack and obstructs the rest of the traffic no one gives in everyone thinks only of themselves and how to escape as quickly as possible rush hour not even rickshaws can pass now slowly the atmosphere is reaching a boiling point in the old town the next transport awaits the quote in a wholesaler loads construction materials that have to be taken to the construction site at least there is no danger buses or trucks in odaka it is hard work but I have no choice once I fell off my bike and broke my leg when carrying pipes like that it's very dangerous the streets are narrow and I have to make sure I don't get caught anywhere he never finished school instead he left to work to support his family in the countryside because Bad Chad started working his brother was able to study if we both studied we would not have enough money and in the end The situation of both failed budgets is typical of the life of the poor in Bangladesh.

Often there is only enough money to pay for the education of one family member. Banchad's family hopes he will make this sacrifice, but it is a high-risk plan if he ever causes an accident. It would be a disaster if it was my fault and the driver was injured and his car was damaged. He would need money for repairs and medical expenses. Something like that would cause great difficulties for the family. His nephew, who has been in a traffic accident every day up to 200 victims of traffic accidents end up in the community hospital broken bones head trauma but more serious internal injuries are also treated here the hospital barely manages to treat the numerous injured many patients camp in the hallways and receive only minimal treatment zavet's nephew was involved in a serious accident with the taxi he saw another accident involving three cows two people died instantly our streets are horrible death traps and there are not enough nurses the operations they are done only once a week anyone who can afford it book personal treatment with the head doctor has a fracture in the middle of the humerus and this fracture has already caused nerve damage after the rounds the hospital adapts to your daily routine now that there are not enough nurses most people have to have their relatives take care of them and take care of them this is ghulistan bus station on the outskirts of the old town everyone who arrives in the capital full of high expectations ends up here in the heart of dhaka buses come from all over the country or leave from here bloodshed he has come here to meet his uncle who wants to take the afternoon bus to sherpa, his family's hometown, do you know where the bus leaves for sherpa ?

Clueless, like many rickshaw drivers, Patcha does not have a bank account, he could only deliver money personally or give it all to a family member. Otherwise it would be too unreliable. How long have you been here? I just arrived, how do you tell my brother to be a good boy and study? For many people in Bangladesh, buses are the only means of transportation they can afford. You pay only 1.5 cents per kilometer. On the other hand, the passengers do not have any type of comfort. The large coaches are the true kings of the streets of Dhaka. Mohammed Razak is 32 years old and has been driving a bus for more than 10 years.

He does not mind the small space. Why? Is the woman still standing? She needs to sit down. I have to admit that we are to blame for some of the accidents. Mohamed's helper, Kausa Kausarakman, 22, works on the bus for up to 16 hours at a time. His job is to get the passengers on board. announce the destination of buses and guide the driver safely, on one hand I like the job but I don't like it either, unfortunately people don't respect us, even rickshaw drivers come up to me and hit me, some passengers get they get aggressive. when they ask them to pay, they even break the windows or set fires they don't listen, they want to get on anyway transport is a scarce commodity if you are not assertive you don't get anywhere the bus driver has to do better than avoid accidents, You also have to make sure there is cash in the vehicle at the end of the day.

Bus number six is ​​on the

road

from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the time when I take a break and spend the rest of my life trapped. traffic we always have to drive as much as we can because the bus costs 40 euros a day, we have to buy gas, plus if we really want to earn some money we really have to step on it. Tensions are rising in the streets. it only takes a small point for the dust cake to explode, most of us will take off, there is a great danger of being beaten to death by the passengers, that is, the common people, so we prefer to run a little further of congestion and traffic chaos there are the rickshaw stations they tend to belong to the people who rent the bikes the vehicles are parked downstairs the drivers sleep upstairs apart from azim about 100 drivers can stay here I would prefer to work in my village with my family Actually I am a farmer by profession, but I don't have my own farm or money for sleeping, personal hygiene, eating or repairing the rickshaw, those are the daily activities of the station, the better it works, the longer the drivers tend to stay here, some even live here with their families others don't really drive they are busy maintaining the bicycles the rickshaws are old and the dilapidated streets of Dhaka take their toll some of the rickshaw drivers' wives earn some extra money by cooking for the men it costs three meals a day the equivalent to 70 cents there is usually rice with vegetables and some fish on the menu no one has to go hungry but there is no such thing as a fat rickshaw driver the food is enough to keep him strong in the afternoon azim sets off Once again, when The office is closed, business is good, but it is also the time when traffic often comes to a complete standstill.

The driver's budget has been given a big job, in addition to the normal obstacles like chaos and lack of discipline that you have to deal with. terrible state of the streets everywhere there are

road

works that are normally not cordoned off or marked as such road users are supposed to notice the hole in the street on time the men workwith simple tools since the salaries are so low that it is cheaper than using them an excavator here you have to lay supply pipes uh it has been your job for more than 20 years to continue repairing the streets of dhaka everyone who passes by here curses us traffic jam it's our fault no one likes us you have to see that the street is very dangerous for us he also comes and falls into the ditch we are all dead we must be careful but we also have work to do of course it's time for a break and a cup of tea at your station is just a few cents the police after you don't, but one of them tried fortunately he didn't catch me talking to a colleague bad shed quickly gets to the favorite topics of all rickshaw drivers the street the traffic jam and the police assaults what are you going to do once they?

They give you a beating, you give them 10 cents, that's what it is, so I have to pay for getting a beating, yes, but in the meantime, Azim has reached the outskirts of town, he's taking a trucker to a station , your shift only begins after dark. During the day, trucks are banned from the streets of Dhaka, mainly transporting bricks to construction sites in the city. The brick factories are outside the area. City gates The stones are taken to the loading station on barges and unloaded by the manual driver Amjad also employs helpers who accompany him on all trips during the day There were many traffic jams at times I had to wait for hours at night it's not that bad and it's not that hot for your money once the truck is loaded amjat has to wait for nightfall only then he can start but there are always things to do or chat with colleagues.

Dusk falls on the city finally may leave the traffic in the city will not calm down in the next few hours slowly Amjad and his truck head towards the city center as every afternoon there is an invasion of lorises at night they supply the city with everything What does he need to stay alive now that they have taken control of the streets? Amjad has arrived at the construction site and has his men unload the truck abroad. Once an accident has occurred, it is too late anyway, they will hit you or They put you in jail if I think about that I don't feel like driving anymore, it's already past midnight even though the dilapidated shed is on the way to bed the city never sleeps the man who rents the rickshaw according to the budget keeps his humble belongings in a closet for him late at night rickshaw drivers make their bed on their bikes on the streets of dhaka have become bad sheds at home day and night hello to you