UNB, Gazipur :
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the Road Transport Act has been enacted aiming to bring discipline on roads and highways of the country.
“Our main target is to bring discipline on roads…it’s our challenge, and the Road Transport Act has been enacted to this end,” he said while talking to reporters after visiting an under- construction flyover at Shafipur on Dhaka-Tangail highway. The much-talked-about Road Transport Act came into effect on Friday. The Road Transport and Bridges Ministry issued a notification in this regard on October 22.
The ‘Road Transport Bill-2018′ was passed by parliament on September 19, 2018, keeping a provision of maximum five years’ jail for any death or serious injuries caused by reckless or negligent driving.
