Special drive soon to evict vendors from city roads
Friday, 22 October 2010
FE Report
The government is going to launch a special drive soon to evict illegal vendors gradually from city pavements and streets to facilitate movement of people and vehicles, and ease traffic jam.
Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain has already sent a letter to the Home Minister, requesting her to take necessary actions regarding the matter.
Officials said the ministry took the step after a coordination meeting on traffic jam proposed to initiate the drive at some selected areas, as freeing all the city roads from the illegal occupants would not be immediately possible.
Almost 80 per cent of the city's pavements and streets are occupied by vendors, roadside shoppers and parked vehicles, blocking the major portion of the road, supposed to be used by people and vehicles.
The communications ministry has also taken steps to accelerate the process of fetching 600 air-conditioned and non-airconditioned buses from Korea to increase the number of public transports on the city routes. Tender for the vehicles has already been invited, and it is likely to be awarded by November.
Meanwhile, operations department director of South Korean Economic Development Co-operation Fund (EDCF) Tae Soo Kim met the communications minister at his office Thursday and assured him of releasing the fund to purchase the buses by December.
The government is going to launch a special drive soon to evict illegal vendors gradually from city pavements and streets to facilitate movement of people and vehicles, and ease traffic jam.
Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain has already sent a letter to the Home Minister, requesting her to take necessary actions regarding the matter.
Officials said the ministry took the step after a coordination meeting on traffic jam proposed to initiate the drive at some selected areas, as freeing all the city roads from the illegal occupants would not be immediately possible.
Almost 80 per cent of the city's pavements and streets are occupied by vendors, roadside shoppers and parked vehicles, blocking the major portion of the road, supposed to be used by people and vehicles.
The communications ministry has also taken steps to accelerate the process of fetching 600 air-conditioned and non-airconditioned buses from Korea to increase the number of public transports on the city routes. Tender for the vehicles has already been invited, and it is likely to be awarded by November.
Meanwhile, operations department director of South Korean Economic Development Co-operation Fund (EDCF) Tae Soo Kim met the communications minister at his office Thursday and assured him of releasing the fund to purchase the buses by December.