In a civilised society every citizen should be treated as a VIP by his or her
own merits, irrespective of social or economic status. No public infrastructure
such as roads should be designated for a specific privileged class. Rather than
assigning roads for a few advantaged sections of the society, functional
classifications should be decided on the basis of scientific approaches.
Consider the irony of feeling that rickshaws are the source of our image
problems. In contrast, widespread corruption, illiteracy, erosion in social
norms and values, unacceptable rates of noise pollution, and lack of good
governance should be our sources of shame. After all, wealthy countries have
rickshaws—but Dhaka constantly outscores the rest of the world on
corruption.
Rickshaw Bans in Dhaka City: An Overview of the Arguments For and Against
