Staff Reporter :
Chaos continues in the communication sector, since the owners and drivers of the auto-rickshaws have refused to leave the highways overlooking ban.
The transport workers argue that it is totally impossible to leave the highways, because the government’s decision is totally illogical.
The government cannot ban auto-rickshaws on highways citing few scattered incidents, sending half a crore people into the state of uncertainty.
The government-imposed restrictions on three-wheelers, including CNG-driven auto-rickshaws, on 22 National Highways, names whereof was published on Friday.
These are Kanchpur Bridge to Madanpur-Comilla-Feni-Chittagong-Ramu (Cox’s Bazar), Kanchpur Bridge-Dhaka-Bhelangar (Narsinghdi)- Bhairab-Sarail-Madhabpur-Mirpur-Sherpur-Sylhet bypass, Joydebpur intersection-Mymensingh bypass point, Joydebpur intersection-Tangail-Jamalpur, Aminbazar bridge (Dhaka), Manikganj-Paturia-Khaircharghat-Kashinathpur-Hatikumrul-Bogra bypass-Syedpur bypass-Dashmail (Dinajpur)-Thakurgaon-Panchagarh-Banglabandha, Kashinathpur (Pabna)-Pabna bypass-Dashuria-Natore bypass-Rajshahi bypass-Nababganj-Sona Masjid-Baliadighi land port, Daulatdia-Faridpur (Rajbarhi intersection)-Magura-Jhenaidah bypass-Jessore bypass-Khulna City bypass-Mongla, Tegoria intersection (Dhaka)-Mawa-Kewrakandi-Bhanga-Barisal-Patuakhali, Moynamoti (Comilla)-Brahmanbarhia bypass-Sarail, Madanpur-Bhulta-Mirerbazar-Bogrha-Kadda (Dhaka bypass), Elenga-Nalka-Hatikumrul, Bogra-Natore, Rangpur-Barhabarhi-Kurhigram, Hatikumrul-Banparha, Barhabarhi-Lalmonirhat-Burhimari, Nabinagar-EPZ-Chandra, Jessore-Magura, Jhenaidah-Kushtia-Dashuria, Chashara Intersection (Jessore)-Benapole, Bhanga-Faridpur Bypass-Rajbarhi Intersection, Bhanga-Bhatiaparha-Mollar Hat- Fakirhat-Noaparha an Bhatiaparha-Kalna-Lohagarha-Norail-Jessore
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader said it during a discussion with journalists in Noakhali’s Companyganj.
The decision has been taken to curb road accidents, and restore traffic discipline on the highways,” the minister said. The auto-rickshaws have access to all other roads.
The minister added lanes for slow-moving vehicles would be constructed alongside all major roads, including the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.
On the other hand, two people were killed and two others injured when a bus smashed an auto-rickshaw on the Feni-Noakhali Road in Begumganj upazila on Friday morning.
The dead were identified as Nupur Hijra, 26, and Madhabi Hijra, 28.
Witnesses said, a passenger bus rammed into the auto-rickshaw around 9am, leaving one dead on the spot and three others injured.
The injured were rushed to Upazila Health Complex where another one died. Begumganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Golam Faruq confirmed it.
Jakir Hossain, a CNG-run three-wheeler owner, said the government banned three-wheeler on highways placing arguments that the accidents would be reduced for this. But why then did a bus plunge into a pond on Dhaka-Maowa Highway in Shreenagar upazila on Friday afternoon that left a man dead and at least 19 people went missing, he asked.
Highway Police Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) Mallick Fakhrul Islam told The New Nation yesterday that police were keeping a close watch to make sure these vehicles stay away from the highways. Law enforcers are either penalising the operators or forcing them to leave whenever they see these vehicles on the highways, he said.
Chaos continues in the communication sector, since the owners and drivers of the auto-rickshaws have refused to leave the highways overlooking ban.
The transport workers argue that it is totally impossible to leave the highways, because the government’s decision is totally illogical.
The government cannot ban auto-rickshaws on highways citing few scattered incidents, sending half a crore people into the state of uncertainty.
The government-imposed restrictions on three-wheelers, including CNG-driven auto-rickshaws, on 22 National Highways, names whereof was published on Friday.
These are Kanchpur Bridge to Madanpur-Comilla-Feni-Chittagong-Ramu (Cox’s Bazar), Kanchpur Bridge-Dhaka-Bhelangar (Narsinghdi)- Bhairab-Sarail-Madhabpur-Mirpur-Sherpur-Sylhet bypass, Joydebpur intersection-Mymensingh bypass point, Joydebpur intersection-Tangail-Jamalpur, Aminbazar bridge (Dhaka), Manikganj-Paturia-Khaircharghat-Kashinathpur-Hatikumrul-Bogra bypass-Syedpur bypass-Dashmail (Dinajpur)-Thakurgaon-Panchagarh-Banglabandha, Kashinathpur (Pabna)-Pabna bypass-Dashuria-Natore bypass-Rajshahi bypass-Nababganj-Sona Masjid-Baliadighi land port, Daulatdia-Faridpur (Rajbarhi intersection)-Magura-Jhenaidah bypass-Jessore bypass-Khulna City bypass-Mongla, Tegoria intersection (Dhaka)-Mawa-Kewrakandi-Bhanga-Barisal-Patuakhali, Moynamoti (Comilla)-Brahmanbarhia bypass-Sarail, Madanpur-Bhulta-Mirerbazar-Bogrha-Kadda (Dhaka bypass), Elenga-Nalka-Hatikumrul, Bogra-Natore, Rangpur-Barhabarhi-Kurhigram, Hatikumrul-Banparha, Barhabarhi-Lalmonirhat-Burhimari, Nabinagar-EPZ-Chandra, Jessore-Magura, Jhenaidah-Kushtia-Dashuria, Chashara Intersection (Jessore)-Benapole, Bhanga-Faridpur Bypass-Rajbarhi Intersection, Bhanga-Bhatiaparha-Mollar Hat- Fakirhat-Noaparha an Bhatiaparha-Kalna-Lohagarha-Norail-Jessore
Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader said it during a discussion with journalists in Noakhali’s Companyganj.
The decision has been taken to curb road accidents, and restore traffic discipline on the highways,” the minister said. The auto-rickshaws have access to all other roads.
The minister added lanes for slow-moving vehicles would be constructed alongside all major roads, including the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.
On the other hand, two people were killed and two others injured when a bus smashed an auto-rickshaw on the Feni-Noakhali Road in Begumganj upazila on Friday morning.
The dead were identified as Nupur Hijra, 26, and Madhabi Hijra, 28.
Witnesses said, a passenger bus rammed into the auto-rickshaw around 9am, leaving one dead on the spot and three others injured.
The injured were rushed to Upazila Health Complex where another one died. Begumganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Golam Faruq confirmed it.
Jakir Hossain, a CNG-run three-wheeler owner, said the government banned three-wheeler on highways placing arguments that the accidents would be reduced for this. But why then did a bus plunge into a pond on Dhaka-Maowa Highway in Shreenagar upazila on Friday afternoon that left a man dead and at least 19 people went missing, he asked.
Highway Police Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) Mallick Fakhrul Islam told The New Nation yesterday that police were keeping a close watch to make sure these vehicles stay away from the highways. Law enforcers are either penalising the operators or forcing them to leave whenever they see these vehicles on the highways, he said.
