PM seeks faster Inner Circular Road work to ease Dhaka traffic

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to expedite the Inner Circular Road project to ease traffic congestion in Dhaka.

He issued the directive during a meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat to review the project’s progress, said his Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Shiplu.

The prime minister asked the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges and the Local Government Division to jointly review the existing project plan and take steps to speed up construction.

He also called for identifying and removing obstacles to implementation, ensuring effective coordination among the agencies concerned and setting a realistic deadline for completing the project.

Tarique Rahman stressed the need to ensure visible progress on the project at the earliest.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Mir Shahe Alam, State Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Habibur Rashid Habib, Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Abdus Salam, Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Safiqul Islam Khan Milton, and senior officials of the ministries and departments concerned attended the meeting.