Recently, like the whole country, road accidents have increased in Sylhet division and the number of casualties in accidents has increased. Human chain was organized at Sylhet central Shaheed Minar on Wednesday (April 24) at 12 noon on the initiative of Nischa Sylhet district branch to request the administration’s strict supervision to stop road accidents and the intervention of the Prime Minister to restore order in the transport sector.
Nischa Central Committee Co-Organizing Secretary and Sylhet District Branch Convener Zahirul Islam Mishu presided over and member Rasheduzzaman Rashed conducted the welcoming speech by Nischa Sylhet District Branch Member Secretary Principal Md. Saiful Karim Chowdhury Hayat.
Speakers in the human chain said that recently they called on the administration to increase strict vigilance to prevent road accidents. The speakers said that the culprits of road accidents should be properly investigated and brought under the law quickly, dividers should be placed on the roads, danger spots should be identified on regional and highways and warning bill boards should be set up, unfit vehicles should be banned from the highways, and the high court judgment should be implemented to ban three-wheelers on the highways. He urged to increase the activity of highway police, issue license to BRT in proper manner.
On behalf of Nischa Sylhet District Branch, Convener of District Branch Zahirul Islam Mishu presented 4 point demands. The demands are: Declaring road accidents as a national problem, forming a national cell headed by a retired judge of the Supreme Court, providing compensation to the victims of road accidents in light of the Road Transport Act 2018 and immediate payment of compensation as per the guidelines of a trust formed for the purpose of rehabilitation, Road Transport Act Full implementation of 2018.
Baul Abdul Khaliq performed public awareness song about safe road in human chain.
Muhit Chowdhury, president of Sylhet Online Press Club, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, former vice president of Imza and joint convener of Nischa district, Baul artiste Birhi Kala Mia, Jamal Uddin, head teacher of Pathantula Bi-Fortnight High School, vice president of Sylhet Online Press Club spoke among others. Golzar Ahmad Helal, President of Barisal Nagrik Kalyan Parishad Aslam Hossain, former convener of Tapoban Youth Forum Syed Mansoor Ali, Adviser of Agrani Tarun Sangh Salim Ahmad, Student of Scholars Home Taufikur Rahman Nadeem, President of Nischa Metropolitan Branch M. Iqbal Hossain, General Secretary Abdul Hadi Pabel, Sunamganj District Branch President Muhim Talukdar, Chatak Upazila General Secretary Pankaj Dey, Srimangal Upazila President Amjad Hossain Roni, Nischa District Branch Sadya Abdul Haseeb, Chatak Online Press Club President Tanveer Ahmad Zakir, Actor Soleman Hossain Chunnu. , Sajan Das Shubo of Yamaha Riders Club, Khokon Mazumdar. Nischa District Branch Abdul Malik Pukon, Abu Jaber, Lokman Hafiz, Shaheen Ahmad, Mahmud Khan, Suhail Chowdhury, Faisal Chowdhury, Abdus Sobhan, Abul Kashem, Mia Md. Rustom, Abul Bashar Shaku, Rajib Ghosh, Majedur Rahman, Syed were present. Saiful Islam Nahed, Fahim Ahmad, Mostafa Hossain Sarat, Raihan Ahmad, Ujjal Mia, Sheikh Md Tawhid, Kamrul Islam of Nischa Mahanar Branch, Lokman Hekim, Masuduzzaman Tafadar Muktar, Tofail Ahmad Tuhin, Journalist Jaber Imran, M Wahid Chowdhury, Alamgir Alam. etc.
