The Traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has decided to observe 'Traffic Discipline Week’ every month as part of its initiative to continue improving the trend of traffic discipline in the city streets.
"Improvement of traffic discipline in Dhaka city is very visible now due to the strict enforcement of traffic laws as well as continuous steps, which have been taken for bringing traffic discipline in the streets," said DMP Additional Commissioner (Traffic) Mir Rezaul Alam.
The decision to observe the traffic discipline week in every month has been adopted to continue improving the situation, he said through a press release issued Saturday, reports UNB.
In the same continuation, the Traffic Discipline Week will be conducted in the city from tomorrow (Sunday) and will continue till March 23, the additional commissioner said.
There has been visible progress in the activities of MRT, BRT and elevated expressway, which are being constructed as part of steps taken to reduce traffic congestion in Dhaka city, he said.
Due to those ongoing development activities, some obstacles to the traffic movement are being created, but the situation is under control for the continuous effort of the traffic police, he added.
In order to make the traffic discipline week a success, the city dwellers have been requested to cooperate in this regard, Mir Rezaul said.