Taka 37 thousand crore loss in Dhaka traffic congestion: Research

BUET's Accident Research Institute, which accounts for 11 percent of the national budget, has shown a financial loss of Rs 37,000 crore in this traffic year.

Director of the Institute Dr. Moazzem Hossain says, "If the city's traffic congestion is reduced by 60 percent, then Tk 22 billion will be saved."

Accident Research Institute and Road Safety Foundation organized a roundtable meeting on Saturday in BUET.

In the circular, Professor Moazzem presented the research report that due to traffic congestion, the time wasted and financial losses were reported.

He said that due to traffic congestion in Dhaka, the speed of public transportation has come down to 5 kilometers per hour, where the average speed of walking is 5 km.

"Every day 50 lakh hours of work is being lost. The traffic congestion is damaging 37 billion rupees per year. "

According to the report, the public transport system of Dhaka city took 35 percent of the passengers to 35 percent of the trip every day.

Speaking about the impact of traffic congestion, Professor Moazzem said, "Due to traffic congestion, nine aspects of human character are being damaged in many ways. Mood has become tainted as well as the social impact of citizens. "

In his report, the issue of violence against women, children and the disabled was raised in many ways.

Professor Moazzem advised private companies to bring order to bring discipline to the city's traffic management.

"There are now 150 bus services in Dhaka. It is best to assign one company to each route. This will reduce the competition on the road. "

Such traffic congested images of Dhaka

Such traffic congested images of Dhaka

He also advised to bring inter-state bus terminals fully under government control.

He advised to take a coordinated program in traffic management with DTCA, CCS, Rajuk, RAD, LGED, BRTA.

Professor Moazzem said with the help of subsidy in the transport sector, "If I can get Tk 5000 crore annually by subscribing Tk 1000 crore annually, where is the loss of subsidy?"

Recently, the BUET Professor criticized the comments of different level leaders of the government including Road Transport and Transport, Shipping Minister and the responsibility for the failure of the road.

The report said that during the crossing of 74 percent of the total disaster in Dhaka city, the pedestrian was reported.

In the report, it is advisable to provide drivers proper training, be more careful to license, stop illegal parking in the city, bicycle lane and walking path.

Coming to discuss about elevated tower parking, former chairman of the Bangladesh Recondition Vehicle Importers and Dealers Association (Barvida) and Abdul Hamid Sharif, Vice President of Road Safety Foundation, said that for a fairly developed city 25 percent better roads are required. Bangladesh has 7.8 percent.

He said, "If you can construct an elevated tower parking in a katha land, then 50 parking can be parked there."

In the city of Dhaka, in order to build a parking system in 100 important places, Hamid said that every one of the constructions of Eugala will cost 4 crore rupees. If the government takes the initiative, the donor agency JICA is willing to fund it.

BRTC Director (Technical) Mahbubur Rahman said that BRTC operates just 0.1 percent of the country's total transport. The number of buses is 1 thousand, the number of buses 150.

In this roundabout titled 'Promotion of Inclusion and Implementation of Election Manifesto of Elections in Political System and Promotion of Taxation in the Public System', Abdul Kader Siddiqui, Coordinator of Civic Unity, Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Chief Coordinator of Ganasonghati Movement, Jonade Sakki, Presidium Member of Ganapuremate Subrata Chowdhury , The member of Jasad standing committee Tic tac Nader Chowdhury, general secretary of the unity of the NAP Asadullah Fabric, alternative Organizing Secretary Omar Farooq, chairman of the road safety campaign Ilias Kanchan, Iqbal, Director (Technical) Rahman, barabidara former president and vice-president Abdul Hamid Sharif spoke of Road Safety Foundation.

Manna said, "There is so much death procession on the road, but government leaders see how heartless the behavior is. People are dying under the bus, the leaders in the government say 'do we live?' How does the government have such a demand that 'the tide of development in the road is going on?'

"The government has to take responsibility for the death of people on the road. Let's talk about making policy to go on the road, talking about fundamental, I'll say now about a social movement. If it does not involve every political party, nothing is possible. "

Although Awami League and BNP leaders were invited at the ceremony, Kader Siddiqui criticized the absence of coming to them, "There are two big groups. There is nothing to despair. Those who are big today, they may not be tomorrow. They do not think they have come because they do not think of death on the road. "

Ilyas criticized the construction of unplanned flyovers in Kanchan town. He also said that politicians lacked the will of evicting hawkers from the footpath.

The meeting was chaired by Professor of Sociology Department of Dhaka University and President of Road Safety Foundation AI Mahbub Uddin Ahmed presided over the meeting.