Sr. Staff Reporter, Rangpur :
To reduce traffic congestion for Dhaka-bound passengers, stop excessive fare collection and ensure passenger safety, Highway Police Rangpur Region has taken extensive security measures on the Bogra-Rangpur-Sayedpur-Banglabandha highway. Eight special check posts with speed guns have already been set up on the highway. In the last 48 hours, more than a hundred prosecutions have been given against those violating the highway law at these check posts. Joint forces are working at Taraganj, Bara Darga and 10 Mile check posts. 17 people have lost their lives in several accidents on the highway from June 4-10, including some pedestrians.
Highway Police Rangpur Region Superintendent of Police Mohammad Tariqul Islam himself led the special check posts. During this time, he requested the drivers of various vehicles to drive their vehicles patiently and within the speed limit to avoid road accidents, including checking the documents of various vehicles. Then, he visited various counters including the Highway Police and Army at the junction point of Gobindaganj Bazar on the highway and exchanged greetings with the passengers. At the same time, he warned the counter masters about charging extra fares. At that time, the police were asking the passengers whether they had been charged extra for toll?
Then he sat in the Highway Police control room and monitored the traffic jam at Gobindaganj Junction Point. Then Lieutenant Colonel Haider came to the Highway Police control room. At that time, the Superintendent of Police and the CO of Gaibandha of the Army discussed the issue of maintaining normal traffic at Gobindaganj Junction Point and emphasized on working together.
Additional forces have already been deployed on the Dhaka Mukhi lane on the highway. At important junction points, the Highway Police, District Police and the Armed Forces are working together to decongest traffic and maintain order on the highway. Superintendent of Police Mohammad Tariqul Islam said that in the seven days before and after Eid, 17 people lost their lives in several accidents on the highway from June 4 to 10, including some pedestrians. Therefore, to prevent accidents on the highway, all concerned are asked to drive vehicles with patience and caution, obeying traffic laws and Request pedestrians to follow the rules.
