No lawlessness of any kind will be tolerated on the roads during the Eid journey, Road Transport and Bridges, Railways and Shipping Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam has said.

He said this while talking to journalists after visiting the Sayedabad bus terminal in the capital on Tuesday (26 May).

The minister said stickers showing the fixed fare have been put up at every counter, and fare lists have been attached in buses too. Passengers are getting home on time and more comfortably than ever before, and mobile courts are also at work, he said.

If passengers lodge a complaint naming the transport company, immediate action will be taken, he said. Many passengers are suffering because they did not buy advance tickets, and in many cases drivers or supervisors are charging extra fares by taking advantage of passengers' lack of awareness.

Sheikh Rabiul Alam said there was no denying that miscreants operate behind the scenes, but they will not be indulged in any way. Even so, if anyone charges extra, immediate action will be taken on a specific complaint.

On the sacrificial animal markets, he said it had been agreed in discussions with the Local Government Ministry that no market would be set up on the roads. But as the pressure of animals and buyers grows, markets often spill onto the roads, creating a lack of coordination in some cases.

The minister added that government monitoring has some limitations. A large number of people are travelling on goods trucks, and trying to stop these trucks often causes tailbacks on the highways. Unless citizens are aware, it becomes difficult to keep order on the roads, he said.

Source: Jagonews24. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.