Drive against old vehicles to continue
Thursday, 22 July 2010
FE Report
The communications ministry has decided to continue the ongoing drive against old and illegal vehicles in the city according to previous directives.
At a meeting Wednesday, it also decided to keep the timing the same for entering goods-carrying age-old trucks, lorries and covered vans into the city and assured the transport owners associations to revise the timing following review of the situation after Ramadan.
The meeting, held at the ministry conference room with communication minister Syed Abul Hossain in the chair, took decision to help ease the traffic congestion during the month of fasting.
The meeting, which was attended by other government agencies including Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation, Dhaka Metropolitan Police and District Administration, discussed various complaints of these associations. It was told about some harassment made by the mobile courts.
But the minister assured of stopping unwanted harassment in the name of the drive and said the mobile courts have been conducting the drive on four important components of the Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1983.
These include making the city free of 20 years old buses and minibuses and 25 years old trucks, covered vans and lorries and vehicles plying without tax token, route permit, fitness certificate and registration.
The minister told the meeting that some confusion was created following reports in the media.
UNB adds: The communications ministry Wednesday revised its decision to allow trucks of 25 years old to ply in the capital from 11pm to 6am.
The communications ministry has decided to continue the ongoing drive against old and illegal vehicles in the city according to previous directives.
At a meeting Wednesday, it also decided to keep the timing the same for entering goods-carrying age-old trucks, lorries and covered vans into the city and assured the transport owners associations to revise the timing following review of the situation after Ramadan.
The meeting, held at the ministry conference room with communication minister Syed Abul Hossain in the chair, took decision to help ease the traffic congestion during the month of fasting.
The meeting, which was attended by other government agencies including Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation, Dhaka Metropolitan Police and District Administration, discussed various complaints of these associations. It was told about some harassment made by the mobile courts.
But the minister assured of stopping unwanted harassment in the name of the drive and said the mobile courts have been conducting the drive on four important components of the Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1983.
These include making the city free of 20 years old buses and minibuses and 25 years old trucks, covered vans and lorries and vehicles plying without tax token, route permit, fitness certificate and registration.
The minister told the meeting that some confusion was created following reports in the media.
UNB adds: The communications ministry Wednesday revised its decision to allow trucks of 25 years old to ply in the capital from 11pm to 6am.