JS body for taking action against shallow engine vehicles
Monday, 22 November 2010
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Home Affairs Ministry Sunday asked the ministry to be tough against the plying of shallow engine run vehicles (Nasimon, Karimon, etc.), reports BSS.
The recommendation came up at a meeting of the committee at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its chairman Maj Gen (retd) Abdus Salam in the chair.
The members of the committee Home Affairs Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun, State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku, Mirza Azam, Md Mujibul Haque, Md Habibar Rahman, Md Nurul Islam Sujan and Md Safiqul Islam attended the meeting.
Abdus Salam said accidents are taking place in the country almost everyday due to the movement of Nasimon-Karimaon like vehicles. These vehicles have no licenses, fitness certificates, he said adding that these are illegal as well.
The chairman said that the committee asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to take measures against these illegal vehicles immediately. It also recommended the ministry to place the matter at the cabinet meeting on law and order.
The committee discussed the existing law on Bangladesh Ansar and VDP and its proposed amendments.
Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandaker, Director General of Ansar Major General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardi, among others, were present at the meeting.
The recommendation came up at a meeting of the committee at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its chairman Maj Gen (retd) Abdus Salam in the chair.
The members of the committee Home Affairs Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun, State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku, Mirza Azam, Md Mujibul Haque, Md Habibar Rahman, Md Nurul Islam Sujan and Md Safiqul Islam attended the meeting.
Abdus Salam said accidents are taking place in the country almost everyday due to the movement of Nasimon-Karimaon like vehicles. These vehicles have no licenses, fitness certificates, he said adding that these are illegal as well.
The chairman said that the committee asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to take measures against these illegal vehicles immediately. It also recommended the ministry to place the matter at the cabinet meeting on law and order.
The committee discussed the existing law on Bangladesh Ansar and VDP and its proposed amendments.
Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandaker, Director General of Ansar Major General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardi, among others, were present at the meeting.