Modernization of Syedabad Bus Terminal will ease traffic in DMP areas
Staff Correspondent
A coordination meeting with Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, Barrister Fazle Noor Tapas was held on Wednesday.
Leaders of Bangladesh Bus Owners Workers Federation, owners, workers and leaders of Sayedabad Bus Terminal, DC, ADC, AC and other officers of the Traffic Wari Department of Sayedabad Bus Terminal were present.
General Secretary of Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association, Enayatullah, who was present in the meeting said coordination meeting, requested all bus owner workers federation and union to cooperate in the implementation of modern and expanded Sayedabad bus terminal project in their respective locations. DC Traffic Wari Mohammad Ashraf Imam said that the decisions taken by all of them are:
1) All bus counters centered at Syedabad and Jatrabari will be located inside the Syedabad Bus Terminal. There will be no counters on the road or pavement outside the terminal to ease traffic congestion.
2) It is discussed that no passenger shall alight from outside the terminal or on the road or anywhere else except from the 'bus bay' inside the terminal.
3) All types of prescribed tolls will be collected from inside the Syedabad Bus Terminal as per previous rules, besides it is decided not to collect any city toll from anywhere on the flyover or on any part of the road outside the terminal.
4) No bus will leave the terminal from 1 am to 4 am to maintain cleanliness inside the terminal.
5) The Chief Waste Manager of Dhaka South City Corporation was instructed not to drive the garbage trucks of the City Corporation authorities in the opposite direction. The Traffic Wari Department is requested to take a strong stand in this regard.
Finally, the Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation announced the end of the meeting by requesting everyone to extend their cooperation in the construction of modern Syedabad Bus Terminal.
It is expected that the traffic congestion will be kept at a tolerable level and will benefit everyone including the owners, drivers, helpers and passengers of the transport.
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