27/11/2024
"๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐โ๐๐"
Around the end of October or early November of 2022, the Excursion 22 date was drawing closer. As EEE 19, 3rd year back then, was tasked with organising the picnic.
We were scrambling to get everything done within time. Two of our batchmates went to book double decker BRTC buses for the event as we heard that this has been going on for some time, having never attended any Excursion before.
After we booked the buses the operators at BRTC or the person responsible contacted us and advised us to take a pair of bamboo for each bus as the roads that lead up to the Shohag Polli Resort are pretty narrow and the electric wires on the poles donโt give much overhead clearance to the double deckers as they were not build for this kind of transport to pass through.Thatโs why we needed bamboos to push the wires over the bus so that buses can pass through( a risky endeavor nonetheless). A scouting team from the organizers went to the resort beforehand to check the cooking and dining arrangements, who also reported that the roads were pretty narrow for BRTC double deckers.
So this concern was raised before Dr. Mohammad Rakibul Islam (HOD back then). He dismissed this concern saying that this has been going on for a long time. From his response, this became clear that the organising co-ordinators were aware of the situation and didnโt want to be bothered about it. Something to note that Dr. Muhammad Rezaul Hoque Khan was co-ordinating this event as well. As the budget of the event didnโt allow us to hire regular buses we had to go with this option.
We managed a bunch of bamboos from the construction yards inside IUT and put them in the buses. Right as we were leaving the gate of IUT buses started getting caught up in the electricity wires outside the gates and we had to use the bamboos from there to the resort multiple times and also on our way back. As far as we are concerned, the MPE department had also arranged MPE Dayout at the exact same location as us that year, so we can say that authorities form MPE were also knowledgeable about this situation as well.
We are sharing this experience so that if anyone from the authorities want to deny their responsibility saying what happened with MPEโ21โs Dayout was an accident and couldnโt have been avoided, let us remind them of this.
