The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) seized 66 vehicles and filed case against 714 vehicles under Motor Vehicle Ordinance-1983 during a special drive from February 26 to March 3 across the capital city.

BRTA officials disclosed this at a press conference at its head office yesterday. They informed that the Motor Vehicle Ordinance-1983 would be extensively amended very soon and a draft proposal of amendment has already been sent to the Communication Ministry. In the draft proposal BRTA proposed to make it an autonomous body.

Sunil Kanti Bose, Chairman of BRTA, said, "There is a large gap between people's expectation and the present situation in transportation system. We are not enough enriched by manpower to meet people's demand as the road and vehicles were considerably increased during the last few years. We are strongly determined to fulfil mass demand by recruiting some more skilled manpower."

He also said BRTA has made a plan of action for the betterment of transport system. Some major plans are, to continue special drive every month, to set up electronic device to identify fake licences, to maximise transport security by using modern equipment, to arrange training programme for drivers to improve them ethically and technically, to amend the lengthy process of getting driving licence, to hold view exchange meeting with people of different level related to the transport system and to campaign for pubic awareness.

Abdur Rouf Chowdhry, Director (Enforcement), Nawshir Ahmed, Director (Administration) Abdur Rashid, Magistrate of BRTA, among others, were present in the press conference.