Staff Reporter:
A meeting on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project was held yesterday with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair.
The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Division office at the Bangladesh Secretariat yestewrday afternoon, according to a press release of PM’s Press Wing.
During the meeting, the progress, implementation process and potential benefits of the BRT project, which stretches from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Joydebpur in Gazipur, were discussed in detail.
Experts attending the meeting shared their views on various aspects of the project. In particular, they presented their observations and recommendations regarding the BRT design, station management, pas-senger services, operational structure and overall effectiveness.
Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam, State Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Railways Habibur Rashid, Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary Dr Mohammed Ziaul Haque, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) teachers Md Shamsul Hoque, Mosleh Uddin Hasan, Md Hadiuzzaman and Rakib Ahsan, Chief Engineer of the Roads and Highways Department Syed Moinul Hasan and other relevant officials were present at the meeting.
