All have responsibility to ensure security at roads: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that not only drivers and the government but also all people have a responsibility and should perform their own duties to ensure security at roads.

The Prime Minister said this while addressing a discussion as the chief guest at Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium at Farmgate in the capital on Tuesday.

Road Transport and Highways Division arranged the discussion on the occasion of the National Road Safety Day-2019.

“Ensuring a safe road system is not only the responsibility of the government or the drives, it is the responsibility of all--from pedestrians to all other citizens. All have to perform their own duties”, she said.

Sheikh Hasina also reiterated her call to all concerned including pedestrians and drivers to properly follow traffic rules to avoid road accidents.

“We don’t want anybody to die or to be crippled in any road crash …that’s why we want safe road system along with peace and discipline persists,” she said.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader presided over the function, while Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Road Transport and Bridges Ministry Ekabbor Hossain and Executive President of Road Transport Workers Federation Shajahan Khan, MP, took part in the discussion.

Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary Md Nazrul Islam delivered the welcome address and Chairman of “Nirapad Sarak Chai” campaign actor Iliyas Kanchan and Secretary General of Sarak Paribahan Malik Samity Khandakar Enayetullah also spoke.

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