A task force will be deployed in the streets of the capital while vigilance teams will work on the highways around the country to control traffic congestion and fare hike ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader announced yesterday.
The decision came at an inter-ministerial meeting at Bangladesh Institute of Administration and Management auditorium in the capital. The minister said the vigilance teams will work to stop faulty vehicles and vehicles with expired licences from plying the roads; the law enforcers will conduct mobile courts if any vehicle is found to violate traffic and parking rules.
However, they can inspect the vehicles only at the bus stoppages and terminals as well as within the capital; they are not allowed to stop any vehicles on the highways.
CNG fuelling stations across the country will remain open 24 hours from July 10 to 19 to facilitate communication during the festival, he added. He further said trucks and covered vans would not be allowed to run on the highways, except for the cases of emergency, three days each before and after Eid.
All government bodies who are running development projects on the roads must finish all work within July 10, after which no one will be allowed to dig up the roads.
