No traffic jam on roads ahead of Eid: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said there is no traffic congestion on the country’s roads and highways despite the pressure of vehicles during of the Eid journey.

He made the remark while speaking at a press conference at the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi political office on Friday afternoon.

Quader, also the general secretary of Awami League (AL), directed the authorities concerned to discharge their duties so that nobody can set up cattle markets indiscriminately increasing public sufferings.

Mentioning that there is no such situation in which there will be traffic jam due to bad road condition, he said the best roads ever in Bangladesh were constructed under the AL government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

AL Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Organising Secretaries BM Mozammel Haque, Mirza Azam, Afzal Hossain and Sujit Roy Nandi, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Education and Human Resources Secretary Shamsunnahar Chapa, Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, Relief and Social Welfare Secretary Aminul Islam Amin and Deputy Office Secretary Advocate Sayem Khan were, among others, present at the press conference.