JS body for bluebooks for rickshaws
The parliamentary standing committee on home ministry yesterday made several recommendations including introduction of bluebooks for rickshaws and vans in the city.
The committee recommended that Kuril-Jatrabri road be made off-limits for rickshaws to ease city's traffic congestion.
It also discussed the role of home ministry and traffic police in freeing the capital from traffic congestion.
"There is no law and regulation for non-motorised vehicles including rickshaws which cause the traffic jam," Major General (retd) MA Salam told reporters after the meeting at the parliament building.
"We have recommended enacting a law for all non-motorised vehicles like rickshaws and vans," he said.
He said pedestrians and non-motorised vehicles are "two main reasons" for traffic jam.
"Pedestrians must use over bridges. There is a provision of fines for not using them. "We have asked police to enforce it," he added.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun, State Minister for Home Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj, among others, were present at the meeting.
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