Passengers’ representation demanded in road transport bill

Sayeed Muhammad: Bang-ladesh Jatri Kalyan Samityon demanded that the representation of passengers in the proposed road transport law be ensured.
The organisation, in a media release, said the bill, already placed in House, would only benefit the transport workers and owners, if no representatives from the commuters are kept in the proposed law called ‘Road Transport Bill 2018′.
The organisation’s Secretary General Md Mozammel Haque also sought the prime minister’s intervention to ensure the representation of passengers in the proposed law, reports UNB.
Dubbing transport owners, workers and passengers the main stakeholders of the road and transport sector, he said, “The commuters will be deprived if there remain no representatives from them despite the fact that there are strong, registered passengers’ organisations in the country.”
Currently, public transport users of the country are under the clutch of owners and workers as there are no representatives from commuters in the previous transport act, he continued.
He suggested the premier to intervene into the matter for smooth transport operation, fare fixing, forming of transport committees, road safety committee, trust board for road crash compensations and keeping commuters’ representatives in the proposed law.