The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Speakers at a seminar yesterday said about 4000 people died every year in road accident in the country and the country loses TK 2400 crore on that account.

"Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB)" organised the seminar titled "The Step of Authorities Preventing Road Accident and Necessity of Traffic Rule Amendment" at Supreme Court Bar Association in the city.

The speakers said, the road accident and the death caused by accidents is increasing day by day due to indifferent attitude of the authorities concerned.

The seminar was presided over by Advocate Monjil Murshed, executive president of HRPB, Justice Md Fazlul Karim of Appellate Division of Supreme Court, attended the seminar as chief guest.

Justice Md Awlad Ali, Barrister Nazrul Islam, senior Advocate of Supreme Court, Justice Mamtaj Uddin Ahmed,Justice Kazi Ebadul Haque, Dr Aminul Islam, Professor of Dhaka University, Md Azizul Haque Bhuiya, former chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority(BRTA), Actor Ilias Kanchan, chairman of Nirapad Sarak Chai, Barrister MA Jafor, principal of Law Cassel Academy, Dr M Mofakkharul Bari, associate professor of Pangu Hospital, among others, attended as special guests.

Justice Fazlul Karim said the state is responsible for ensuring not to cause death from road accidents. The state has to take the responsibility to make the necessary rules and to ensure that the rules are followed.

The speakers said, the proper steps of authorities concerned are enough to avoid the road accident. But the menace of road accident is the lack of enforcement of laws.

Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, Advocate of Bangladesh Supreme Court, presented a Keynote Paper at the seminar.

She mentioned that the prevention of road accident is possible by implementing the traffic rule sternly. The mobile court needs to introduce in an effort for implementing laws, she suggested.

She called upon the government to ban the unlicenced vehicles and to put pressure to bring the drivers under registration.