The Road Safety Foundation has called on political parties to include a 13-point commitment in their upcoming election manifestos to ensure safe and people-friendly public transport across Bangladesh. In a press release issued on Tuesday, the organization said that extortion and corruption under political patronage have prevented the establishment of a sustainable transport strategy, leading to increased traffic congestion and road accidents that disproportionately harm poor and middle-class families.
The foundation’s proposals include restructuring the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) to oversee BRTA, BRTC, and DRCA, ensuring transparency and management reforms, and introducing company-based modern bus services through route rationalization in the capital. It also urged the enactment of a road safety law, mandatory use of modern technology in vehicles, withdrawal of expired vehicles, institutional driver training, and trauma care centers at accident-prone highway points.
Additional recommendations include safe road design for small vehicles, regular safety audits, forming a unified transport ministry, allocating funds in the national budget for awareness programs, and creating a Tk 700 crore trust fund to support road accident victims.
স্টাফ রিপোর্টার প্রকাশ : ২৭ জানুয়ারি ২০২৬, ১২: ০৫ স্টাফ রিপোর্টার নিরাপদ ও জনবান্ধব গণপরিবহন ব্যবস্থা গড়ে তুলতে ১৩ দফা দাবি তুলে তা বাস্তবায়নে রাজনৈতিক দলগুলোর নির্বাচনি অঙ্গীকারের আহ্বান জানিয়েছে রোড সেফটি ফাউন্ডেশন। মঙ্গলবার গণমাধ্যমে পাঠানো এক সং
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