Crackdown on unfit vehicles to continue

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged the people to bear with the lack of public transport during the ongoing government crackdown on unfit vehicles and drivers without licences. He says the drive will continue throughout the year.
"This drive will take place at any time, at any place. It will continue no matter how much the opposition is," he asserted on Wednesday during his visit to Gazipur to inspect the drive. Quader admitted that the crackdown was causing public suffering.
"Intolerable traffic jam is causing losses of money and work hour. We must be firm in this situation.
"Minor inconveniences during the drive are temporary. Everyone will forget about them once the drive starts yielding benefits," the minister said.
The number of buses on local routes, inadequate as they are, has come down sharply during the government's crackdown over the past three days. Minister Quader said 250 buses had been introduced in Dhaka to plug the gap, according to a news agency.