Obaidul Quader for removing illegal billboards in city

BSS, Dhaka :
Communications Minister today asked the city corporation authorities to take effective steps to remove illegal billboards in the capital.
“Unapproved political and commercial billboards beside roads and highways and over road dividers are damaging the beauty (of the capital),” he said talking to journalists while taking part in a road safety awareness campaign at Babubazar in the city.
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) organized the programme. The minister also witnessed the activities of mobile courts.
Obaidul Quader said awareness campaigns against traffic jam and road accidents would be continuing. Such campaigns are required to create awareness among the pedestrians and drivers of vehicles, he added.
Replying to a question from journalists, he said many of the roads have been freed from illegal occupation. Efforts should be continuing so that those roads cannot go under encroachment again, he added.
During the campaign, the minister distributed awareness leaflets among the passengers of buses.
The BRTA mobile court fined riders of 16 motorbikes for not possessing valid documents and helmets.
It also sent four human haulers for dumping for not having necessary documents.
BRTA Chairman M Nazrul Islam and senior officials concerned were present on the occasion.