Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday asked the concerned authorities to expedite the installation of artificial intelligence (AI)-based cameras to modernize traffic management system in the city.
The premier gave the directive at the third meeting on reducing traffic congestion and modernizing the traffic management system in the capital, PM’s press wing said.
Prime Minister chaired the meeting at Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday morning.
The meeting reviewed the progress of various initiatives undertaken to improve traffic management in city.
The Prime Minister instructed the authorities concerned to complete the installation of AI cameras at the earliest possible time to improve the traffic management system in the capital.
The meeting also discussed the removal of old and unfit vehicles from city roads while the Prime Minis-ter provided various directives regarding measures to address the issue.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam, State Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Habibur Rashid, administrators of Dhaka south and north city corporations Abdus Salam and Shafiqul Islam Khan, Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani, Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar, Home Secretary Manzur Morshed Chowdhury and senior offi-cials from the relevant ministries were present.
