Hasina regrets people’s unawareness on road safety despite student movement

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has regretted that general people are still not aware while crossing the streets despite the safe road movement.

“The country witnessed such a big accident and movement, yet we see no awareness among the people. They are crossing the road haphazardly,” she told parliament during the question-answer session on Wednesday.
 

Pedestrians cross the Dhaka- Chattogram Highway in Rayerbagh area on Monday, putting their lives at risk, although a footbridge is nearby. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Her observation came in reference to the killing of two students after a speeding bus ran over them on Jul 29 on the Airport Road—the fatal crash that pulled in thousands of students from schools and colleges across the country for ‘safe roads'.

During the student’s 10-day long movement, they were seen on the streets checking documents of vehicles in a bid to bring traffic discipline.

But after the movement, media reported the same old story of traffic law violation in the Dhaka streets.

Responding to a supplementary question from MP Noor-E-Hasna Chowdhury, the prime minister mentioned some incidents of people’s unawareness about the traffic.

Hasina urged everyone to follow the traffic law while crossing the road.