Shallow motor engine-based vehicles banned on highways
BSS, Dhaka
Shallow motor engine-based illegally manufactured transports including nasimon, chander gari, vatvati, hauler and tempo have been banned from plying the highways across the country to improve road safety and reduce accidents.The decision was taken at a meeting held at Communications Ministry with Communications Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda in the chair. Deputy commissioners, officers-in-charge of thanas and thana nirbahi officers have to report regularly on the withdrawal of these vehicles from the highways. The meeting also decided to form a committee with all involved in the transport sector and emphasised the need to stop toll collections in the transport sector. GM Siraj MP, Shahjahan Khan MP, Communications Secretary Syed Rezaul Hayat, BRTA Chairman Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, representatives from the Home Ministry, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, and transport association representatives Principal Abdur Rashid Khan, MA Baten, Saiful Alam and Syed Omar Faruq were among those who attended the meeting.
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