Staff Reporter :
The leaders of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Sunday urged the government to increase vigilance on Dhaka-Chattagram highway to prevent theft of RMG export goods.
They made the call in a meeting the leaders of the Bangladesh Truck Covered Van Owners Association at the BGMEA’s office in the capital.
The BGMEA President Faruque Hassan, Vice President Md ShahidullahAzim, Executive President of Bangladesh Truck Covered Van Owners Association Syed Md Bakhtiar and General Secretary Rustom Ali Khan, among others, were present at the meeting.
In the meeting they stressed the need for increased vigilance of law enforcement agencies including Highway Police, Rapid Action Battalion and District Police on the Dhaka-Chattagram highway and also on Mirpur-Dhowr road to prevent the theft of RMG export goods.
The BGMEA leaders requested the Bangladesh Truck Covered Van Owners Association to ensure that GPS tracker is installed in all goods-laden cargo vans as a measure to stop stealing during transportation. They called on the association leaders to fix the fare of trucks and covered vans and refrain from hiking transport fare arbitrarily.
They urged all garment factories to keep the photos of drivers, helpers and travel documents including licenses of trucks and covered vans as a precautionary measure.
They requested the Roads and Highway Department to carry out repair works on the Langabandh Bridge in Sonargaon on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway during the upcoming Eid holidays instead of the present schedule on July 12-14 as it would require all goods-laden cargo vans to travel around 100 kilometers extra on an alternative route.
It would delay transportation of RMG cargoes and increase the risk of missing timely shipment.
