Rights activists on Wednesday urged the government to withdrawal the restrictions on rickshaw movement on various roads that led to the capital's important establishments, including schools and colleges, until ensuring alternative transport.
They made the call under the banner of the Bangladesh Legal Aid Services Society at a press briefing at the Law Reporters' Forum's office in the Supreme Court Bar Association's building in Dhaka.
The activists complained that the Dhaka Metropolitan Police traffic department had imposed restrictions on rickshaws from entering the roads stretching from Malibagh, Shantinagar, Bijoynagar, Purana Paltan, Naya Paltan, Rajarbagh, Shahjahanpur, Segunbagichha to Motijheel, causing worries to the people who dependent on rickshaws for movement.
'The guardians, who usually use rickshaws to carry their children from schools and colleges to residences at the areas, are seriously being affected by the decision,' said the organisation president, ABM Waliur Rahman Khan.
He also sought the prime minister's intervention to allow rickshaw movement in the areas to relieve suffering of the dwellers, whose only mode of transport was rickshaws.
Waliur also suggested that the government should reintroduce lane-system in all busy roads in order to allow rickshaw movement in the areas.
Source : New Age
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