Strict enforcement of laws to prevent road mishaps stressed
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
FE Report
Nur Mohammad, inspector general of police, said Tuesday that the country needs to strictly enforce the laws to prevent increasing number of deadly road accidents.
"Our life is not secured on the road," he said while speaking at a seminar at Bangladesh University of Engi-neering & Technology (BUET) in the city.
The police chief was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the five-day long training programme for police officers on 'accident event recording and reporting'.
Accident Research Institute (ARI) and BUET jointly organised the training with a view to enriching police's expertise in recording and reporting of accidents.
Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun attended the event as chief guest, while A M M Safiullah, vice-chancellor of BUET, spoke as special guest. BUET pro-vice-chancellor Prof Dr M Habibur Rahman presided over the ceremony.
Nur Mohamamd said: "To prevent road accidents as well as to save our lives we need to impose more strict rules and regulations including imposing of fines and cancellation of driving licences to control reckless driving and accidents."
Sahara Khatun said the government would implement GPS and GIS systems at every thana to modernise the police force in collecting proper information on accidents.
Dr M Habibur Rahman said since Bangladesh is an over-populated country it should make sincere efforts to expand its railway network and increase water network to reduce load on the inadequate road network.
Illius Kanchon, a popular film actor and activist of Nirapod Sharak Andolon, an organisation working for road safety and Dr Md Shamsul Hoque, director, ARI also spoke on the occasion.
Nur Mohammad, inspector general of police, said Tuesday that the country needs to strictly enforce the laws to prevent increasing number of deadly road accidents.
"Our life is not secured on the road," he said while speaking at a seminar at Bangladesh University of Engi-neering & Technology (BUET) in the city.
The police chief was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the five-day long training programme for police officers on 'accident event recording and reporting'.
Accident Research Institute (ARI) and BUET jointly organised the training with a view to enriching police's expertise in recording and reporting of accidents.
Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun attended the event as chief guest, while A M M Safiullah, vice-chancellor of BUET, spoke as special guest. BUET pro-vice-chancellor Prof Dr M Habibur Rahman presided over the ceremony.
Nur Mohamamd said: "To prevent road accidents as well as to save our lives we need to impose more strict rules and regulations including imposing of fines and cancellation of driving licences to control reckless driving and accidents."
Sahara Khatun said the government would implement GPS and GIS systems at every thana to modernise the police force in collecting proper information on accidents.
Dr M Habibur Rahman said since Bangladesh is an over-populated country it should make sincere efforts to expand its railway network and increase water network to reduce load on the inadequate road network.
Illius Kanchon, a popular film actor and activist of Nirapod Sharak Andolon, an organisation working for road safety and Dr Md Shamsul Hoque, director, ARI also spoke on the occasion.