riday, February 4, 2011Sports
Only shiny cars are allowed
Staff Correspondent
It's time for Dhaka to get dolled up for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. No ugly scar will be allowed to spoil the view of the city adorned in the finest attires during the sporting fiesta.
In the run-up to the tournament, the emphasis is placed on traffic as part of the overall city beautification.
The government has asked owners to make their dilapidated vehicles in the capital shine like new ones by February 10 and mobile courts will take action against tainted automobiles from the next day.
The directive came yesterday at a meeting on tackling traffic congestion and maintaining signal during the World Cup.
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Fitness certificate and route permit will be cancelled if any of those [bad looking] vehicles are found plying on city streets after the deadline," Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain said after the meeting at his office.
The meeting also directed the owners in Chittagong, the other venue in the country for the World Cup, to paint their vehicles by February 28. And mobile courts in the port city will keep a watch on automobiles from March 1.
Passenger buses of the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation will have colourful graffiti of players and welcome slogans on them.
The meeting, which was attended by leaders of different transport associations, also urged the city dwellers to obey traffic rules and maintain road discipline.
State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku was present at the meeting and called upon the main opposition BNP to withdraw their February 7 hartal.
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Bhaijanera.. taratari garir color thik koren. Make it like new. Naile Feb 10th er pore dekhle apnader shoho tule niya jabe