Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has launched smart auto-rickshaw management system for the first time in the country to reduce traffic congestion on the city area.
RCC Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton inaugurated the system at a function on the city corporation office premises in Rajshahi on Monday, reports BSS.
Speaking on the occasion, the mayor said the system will bring discipline to the city’s public transport system and lessen public sufferings. Besides, it will ensure security for the auto-rickshaw drivers.
The mayor urged the auto-rickshaw drivers to abide by the traffic rules to ensure public safety.
He also distributed smart cards among owners and drivers of auto-rickshaw and charger rickshaw at the programme.
Under the system, the auto-rickshaws marked with two separate colours will ply on the roads in two shifts — one from morning to afternoon and another from afternoon to early night — by rotation. This will reduce the overall traffic jam in the city streets.
Chaired by Panel Mayor Shariful Islam Babu, the ceremony was addressed, among others, by Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Humayun Kabir, RCC Chief Executive Officer Shawgatul Islam and Chief Revenue Officer Shahana Akhter Jahan.