Staff Reporter:
Noting the disproportionately high number of road accidents involving motorcycles in the country, Dha-ka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman requested all to refrain from using this mode of transport for inter-district journeys, like going home to their village for Eid-ul-Fitr.
“Huge pressure of vehicles was seen during Eid. Accidents may occur during this period so people have been requested to refrain from going to their village homes by motorbikes,” he said while talking to re-porters in front of a shopping mall in city’s Panthapath area yesterday.
We also asked policemen not to use motorbikes considering their safety, he added.
This year, no local buses, plying inside Dhaka, will be allowed to go outside Dhaka and police are work-ing in it, said the DMP Commissioner.
Besides, initiatives were taken to prevent mugging and stealing in empty Dhaka streets and police are on high alert, he said.
Replying to a question about any specific threat centering Eid, Habibur said there is no information of specific threat till now.
Meanwhile, necessary steps have been taken to prevent unfit vehicles from plying the roads and action will be taken against those involved in violating traffic laws.
Responding to a question about worsening traffic in the remaining days of Ramadan as Eid shopping picks up, the DMP commissioner said although the capital’s shopping malls don’t provide adequate park-ing facilities for their own patrons, which did not mean they will be allowed to park their vehicles hap-hazardly.
Despite failing to provide an adequate parking space for their patrons, market authorities have been asked to take steps for adequate parking.
