'Amendment to Road Transport Act likely in next JS session'

Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday his ministry has taken preparations to place a proposal in the next budget session of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) to amend the Road Transport Act 2017 to prevent road accidents, reports BSS.

"After the approval of the draft of the act, it's now in the vetting stage. As this act is a very important one, we are holding discussions with all the stakeholders...We are trying to make a time-befitting law and that's why it is taking a little time," he said

The minister made the comments while talking to journalists after inaugurating a training course for district and sessions judges and equivalent officials at Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) in the city.

"We have to concentrate on three to four aspects to check road accidents. Those are: training of the drivers, driving licence for them, fitness of vehicles and the condition of roads," the minister said.

Efforts are being made to address all the matters related to road transport through this act, he added.

"I just want to say that when a matter of road accident will come before the courts, we will try to ensure proper punishment so that awareness is created and the owners and drivers of the vehicles can understand that they will not be able to go unpunished," he said.