The Dhaka Metropolitan Police authorities are going to swing to traffic light signals phasing out the manual controlling system from today to ease traffic congestion in the capital.
From now on traffic police officials will not be allowed to halt vehicles to make passages for the VIPs except for the prime minister and the president.
DMP will also introduce lane system on major roads for movement of different modes of vehicles from December 1 to check overtaking, congestion and road accidents.
DMP Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque told The Daily Star “DMP will activate traffic signalling system tomorrow (today) and continue till November 28. In this trial period we will try to find out the troubles with the system.”
He added “From December 1 to 7 we will make people aware of the system through print and electronic medias, cable TV operators, posters and leaflets.”
On December 8, the DMP will start a drive against traffic rule violation. It will fine each vehicle Tk 1,000 and suspend the driver’s licence for violating rules. During the drive, police will also seize fake driving licences.
Shyamol Kumar Mukherjee, assistant commissioner (AC) of DMP, said traffic police personnel deployed at 59 signal points across the city will not be withdrawn as they will help vehicles to follow the systems.
The DMP commissioner said from December 1, the DCC will start marking the major roads to divide each of them into three lanes for certain modes of vehicles’ movements.
AC Shyamol Kumar said first lane will be used for the VIP and VVIP vehicles and for private cars, microbus, jeep and such kind of automobiles, second lane for microbus, bus, covered vans and such vehicles and the third lane for CNG-run auto rickshaws, pickup vans, motorbikes and such other mode of vehicles.
AC Shyamol said 12 check posts of traffic police personnel will be set up at Hotel Sheraton, Hotel Sonargaon, Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Kakoli, Progati Sarani, Airport round square, House Building, Science Lab, Russel Square, Asad Gate and Technical intersections to check the vehicles running from one lane to another ignoring the rules.
He added the teams would be equipped with video cameras and still cameras to monitor the traffic movement.
Yesterday DMP commissioner held a meeting with the traffic police officials at his office and on November 18 he met the bus owners and transport workers’ leaders regarding the matter
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