School bus to be introduced to ease traffic jam

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The education ministry and school and college authorities in the capital Tuesday agreed in principle to introduce bus service for students of certain schools in a bid to ease traffic jam on the city streets.

After a meeting with principals and head teachers of colleges and schools at his ministry, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told reporters that all in the meeting agreed that private cars carrying students are contributing to traffic congestions around certain good schools and colleges in the city.

The meeting suggested that the school authorities could make arrangement with the BRTC to introduce bus service for certain schools. The buses will ferry students from certain stops on certain routes.

“The schools which are financially well off can purchase their own buses, if necessary, by taking bank loans, to replace small school vans and microbuses which also cause road jam,” the meeting viewed.

State Minister for LGRD Jahangir Kabir Nanak, the BRTC chairman and officials concerned were present at the meeting.

The meeting directed that the police administration and traffic police would take special care to ensure security of schoolchildren.

About school timings, the education minister said, “The school authorities can readjust their school timings at their convenience during the winter season.”

Reports have it that the advancing of the clock time by an hour under the Daylight Saving Time as a government measure to tackle electricity crisis caused a bit difficulty for students and guardians in making things fit in their daily schedules.

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