The government is planning to restrict the movement of private vehicles in Dhaka to reduce traffic congestion, which is now a major concern for city dwellers.
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith told reporters on Tuesday that the government is planning to take some measures to limit the number of private vehicles on the capital’s streets to solve the nagging problem of traffic jam.
‘Private cars with less than four or five passengers will not be allowed to ply the city’s streets,’ he said.
He said that the present transport system was not really meant for service to the community, and some vested interests were creating chaos in the transport sector.
He told reporters that they had approved a proposal to buy 255 buses to provide more public transport for the people.
The minister said that the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party had failed to criticise the government for its failure to reduce traffic congestion.
The Cabinet committee on purchase on Tuesday approved the proposal to buy 255 South Korean buses for the BRTC for Tk 212 crore with a loan of the Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund.
The committee also approved another proposal to buy one lakh tonnes of wheat and 50,000 tonnes of rice from the international market.
