Help maintain law and order

New CMP boss urges all

15 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff correspondent, Ctg

Newly appointed Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Md Abul Kashem sought cooperation from all to maintain law and order in the port city. While exchanging views with journalists at CMP conference room yesterday the commissioner put special emphasis on addressing the problems of mugging and traffic congestion. He assured of remedial measures including increased patrol to address the mugging problem as it has seen a serious rise in Chittagong in the recent months. The commissioner said absence of bus and truck terminals and parking lots was mainly responsible for creating gridlocks on the city streets. On-going construction of several important city streets aggravates the situation, especially in the rainy season, he observed. The CMP commissioner felt the necessity of increasing number of public transports and improved signalling system for smooth movement of vehicular traffic. The commissioner added that introduction of school buses and development of parking lots in schools could ease traffic congestion remarkably and urged schools authorities to come forward in this regard. The CMP commissioner urged the city dwellers, particularly media people, to help them with information to nab criminals and check criminal activities. Emphasising on coordinated efforts to streamline traffic movement the CMP boss urged Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), Chittagong Development Authority, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and other related organisations to cooperate. Among others, CMP Additional Commissioner Abdul Jalil Mandal, Deputy Commissioner (DC - Headquarters) Md Moyenul Islam, DC (Traffic) Faruq Ahmed and DC (port) Kusum Dewan addressed and replied to queries of journalists at the press conference.