Take steps to check overloading in trucks
Truck-Covered Van owners urge govt
Bangladesh Truck-Covered Van Malik Samity yesterday urged the government to take steps in stopping the tendency of overloading in trucks and covered vans as it damages the country's roads and highways.
The samity General Secretary Rustom Ali Khan, in a statement, also urged the government to set up weigh bridges at different points in the country to check the load being carried by these vehicles.
A six-wheeler truck with a capacity to carry seven tonnes of goods actually carries 20 to 25 tonnes while ten-wheeler trucks with a 15 tonne capacity carries 30 to 35 tonnes, damaging bridges, culverts and roads, he said.
If such practice is not stopped, any initiatives on repairing roads would not be fruitful, he observed.
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