A number of development plans taken by government agencies for creating a smooth traffic system in the capital have conflicted with each other, making it difficult to implement those.
To remove the conflicts, the agencies have been directed to hold meetings.
Building flyovers and bus rapid transits are among the development plans.
The order to hold meetings came up at the board meeting of Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) held at its headquarters in Dhaka on Sunday.
Meeting sources said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, also the DTCA chairman, ordered the agencies to hold meetings for resolving the problems within 15 days.
It was also said that the government would arrange an inter-ministerial meeting to resolve the issues if the agencies failed to devise a solution.
The government has a 20-year strategic transport plan (STP) for greater Dhaka, which was approved back in 2005, but some of the agencies made plans without following it.
Besides, the STP is undergoing revision, leading to the conflicts among the plans.
For example, Rajuk plans to construct a flyover from Golapshah Mazar in Gulistan to Keraniganj via Babu Bazar. But this conflicts with the DTCA’s bus rapid transit project to connect Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and Sadarghat via Babu Bazar.
Besides, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has the plan to build a flyover from Amini Bazar to Azimpur on Mirpur road, which clashes with the metro rail line 5 project to be implemented on Mirpur road.
DNCC Additional Chief Engineer Syed Qudrat Ullah, who was present at the DTCA meeting, told the Dhaka tribune that most of the projects that conflicted with each other were taken by Rajuk, Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka South City Corporation and Local Government Engineering Department.
Contacted, DTCA Executive Director Kaykobad Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune that effective steps would be taken for resolving the conflicts within the deadline set by the road transport and bridges minister.