PMO forms body to monitor traffic management


FE Team | Published: August 20, 2018 19:02:07 | Updated: August 21, 2018 13:24:40


PMO forms body to monitor traffic management

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has formed an 18-member committee to monitor the implementation of all activities related to improvement of traffic rules and ensuring of road safety across the country.

The PMO Secretary and Director General (Administration) were made president and member secretary of the body, a notice was issued by the PMO on Monday in this regard, reports UNB.

The committee will monitor the implementation of traffic law on highways following the instruction of Prime Minister, implementation of different projects of different organisations for traffic management and road safety, inspect the short-term and long-term work plans of different organisations and their execution.

The body would also coordinate the activities of different voluntary organisations like Scouts, Girls Guide, Red Crescent Society etc, monitor and decide other issues over the traffic management and road safety.

The move came after a recent widespread student protests jolted the country following an accident involving two buses in race that killed two college students in Dhaka city's Kurmitola area on July 29.

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