Donate buses to edu instts to ease city traffic

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the well-off section of society and business organisations to donate buses to educational institutions to help reduce pressure of private cars on city streets.

"The more and more use of buses by students will help reduce the pressure of private vehicles on the streets and it will ultimately help ease traffic jams both in the capital and other cities of the country," she said.

Hasina said this while handing over keys of seven buses to the authorities of Birshreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College and Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Public College at Pilkhana in the capital.

Nitol-Niloy Group donated the 35-seat buses. Four were given to Birshreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College and three to Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Public College.

The principals of the two institutions received the keys from the prime minister at a ceremony at her office. After the event, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters.

Stressing the importance of ensuring the quality of buses, Hasina said the companies concerned will have to produce and import quality buses so that people could travel comfortably.

Turning to her government's stunning success in the power sector, the prime minister said the country's current power generation now stands at 14,600MW. She thanked the authorities concerned for the success.

About the power sector cooperation with neighbours, Hasina pointed out that the trans-boundary electricity system is being introduced involving India, Nepal and Bhutan.

Earlier, the prime minister handed over a 4D unltrasonogram machine to Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital and Nursing College, Kashimpur, Gazipur.