Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said that no human hauliers would be allowed on the streets as they are the cause of frequent accidents on highways recently.
The Minister made the remark while talking to reporters at Paduar Bazar on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway after a sudden crackdown on illegal three-wheelers.
During the drive the minister with the assistance of law enforcers seized a good number of battery-run easy bikes.
He said: “Such unfit vehicles will continue to cause accidents on highways if they are allowed any longer.”
He urged politicians not to invite accidents by allowing such unauthorised
vehicles on the highways.
He also said four lanes of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway will be made fit for use by March next year.
Project director of Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway project Engineer Ibne Alam Hassan, additional chief engineer of Comilla Roads and Highways Department Shibir Ahmed and assistant police super of Comilla region highway police Mohammad Solaiman were present, among others.
