Staff Reporter :
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Haque said on Wednesday that the Gabtoli bus terminal would be freed from traffic congestion by December 30.
He said, that the Bus-Truck Owners Association and workers union had agreed to remove their vehicles from Gabtoli and Aminbazar bus terminals by December 29. The DNCC mayor told it to the reporters after a meeting with bus-truck owners and workers at Gabtoli bus terminal in the capital.
Before meeting, Annisul Haque visited Gabtoli and Aminbazar bus terminals and said “Different areas of the capital have already been freed from jam. Among the remaining congestion-prone areas, Gabtoli is one of them.”
He said that the picture in this area would take new look after the bus-truck owners and workers clear the place.
Earlier in the morning, flanked by local public representatives and traffic police, the DNCC mayor ordered the leaders of the bus-truck owners association and the workers federation to remove the vehicles from the roads adjacent to the terminal.
Gabtoli Bus Terminal Workers’ Association Convener Mofizul Haque, Dhaka District Vehicle Workers Union President Abbas Uddin and Dhaka District Truck Owners Association President Md Obaidullah were also present on the occasion.
