Staff Reporter :
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal inaugurated the fortnightly (15 days) traffic discipline programme in the city’s Zero Point area on Tuesday afternoon.
The Minister urged everyone to abide by the traffic rules for the sake of the traffic discipline on roads.
“We want to make people aware that life is more valuable than time and safety is more important than faster,” said the Minister in the formally inauguration programme at the Zero Point at around 2:30pm.
People all over the country would realise that following traffic rules can mitigate commuters’ sufferings on the roads after this initiative, he said.
After the death of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College on Airport Road last year, a traffic week was observed which garnered huge support from the people, the Home Minister said.
Most of the bikers in the city are now using helmets, he added.
Every pedestrian should use footpaths and the drivers must not use mobile phones, the Minister said.
Over 4,000 volunteers from Red Crescent, Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC) and Scouts have started work with traffic police at 57 check posts in Dhaka for 15 days to help people follow the traffic rules.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia also gave a speech in the inauguration programme saying Home Minister and Road Transport and Bridges Minister are formulating a policy to control the huge number of vehicles plying for app based services like Uber and Pathao.
To control the traffic situation in Dhaka, 130 bus stoppages have been built which would be further improved by the City Corporations, he said.
There are infrastructure problems in our country, but people are not following the traffic rules. These are mostly responsible for the mismanagement in the traffic system, he added.
