Mayor Khokon plots night shifts at Dhaka South City Corporation to beat traffic

Dhaka South City Corporation is toying with the idea of keeping only night shifts for its staff to help relieve pressure on the notorious traffic during the daytime.

Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon is giving it a try as he was doing office from 11pm on Thursday and will be at the Nagar Bhaban until 5am on Friday.

“I want to do it to play a role in easing traffic congestion in Dhaka. I’ve started it today. Let’s see what challenges we face,” he told bdnews24.com on Thursday night.

Traffic jam is one of the major issues in the capital, which causes the government an annual loss of around Tk 370 billion or 11 percent of the national budget, according to BUET’s Accident Research Institute.

Khokon believes it will be possible to oversee the city corporation’s work better at night as many of its jobs like waste management and engineering are done in the dark.

“We will continue if we get good results. But the issue of coordination with other agencies needs to be kept in mind. So, we will see if some of our departments’ work can be done in the night,” he said.