Staff Reporter :
To ensure safe and smooth travel of people on the occasion of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Fitr, a total of 155 traffic jam spots of different highways have been identified across the country.
The government has decided to bring these spots under strict monitoring from a week before Eid-ul-Fitr in a bid to normalize traffic flow.
Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan presided over the meeting.
The meeting of the stakeholders recommended monitoring these spots to ensure smooth travel of home-bound people.
Out of the 155 spots, 48 are on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway, 52 on the North Bengal highway, six on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, 41 on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway and eight on the Dhaka-Paturia-Aricha highway.
