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Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman said on Tuesday that police would not stop any passenger bus plying in the streets of Dhaka city unless they broke the speed limit or caused an accident.
No traffic sergeant will stop the passengers’ carrying vehicles. However, if that vehicle breaks the speed limit or causes an accident, it will be impounded, the DMP Commissioner said.
The DMP commissioner came up with the remark, replying to reporters’ questions after the inauguration of the ‘Traffic Safety Awareness Programme and Road Safety Slogan Competition-2024’ organised by Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology at Tejgaon in the capital on Tuesday afternoon.
The Chief of the DMP said that in the gate lock checking system, after leaving the terminal with a certain number of passengers, the bus will not be able to stop anywhere other than the specified place. Long-distance buses will leave from the terminal and go to their respective destinations. Legal action is being taken for boarding passengers and alighting everywhere.
In Dhaka, big cars will run at a speed of 40 km and motorcycles at a speed of 30 km, and a driver should understand the road conditions.
In Dhaka city, 40 kilometres for big vehicles and 30 kilometres for motorcycles have been fixed. Legal overtaking is arranged somewhere in Dhaka city. There will be no problem if the driver uses intelligence to understand the situation before overtaking.
About the measures taken to defuse the traffic jam in Mohakhali, he said that the vehicles leaving from Mohakhali in order to reduce the traffic jam will not park in any way before Banani, will not board any passengers, and will not drop passengers. Traffic police have already started operations. In this process, it has been seen that some vehicles have violated traffic rules. Cases have already been filed against 15 vehicles for not complying with the rules.
Among others, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Additional Commissioner (Traffic) of the DMP Munibur Rahman, Project Manager of the Dhaka Road Safety Project Jahangir Alam, and Aika Bangladesh representative Yami Okazaki were present at the event.