Leaders of Bangladesh Auto-Rickshaw Light Transport Workers Federation (BALTWF) have placed a 10-point demand to remove discrimination in the transport sector and ensure road safety.

They placed the demands at a discussion meeting at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Tuesday.

The demands include handing over of already allocated 5000 CNG-run autorickshaws to drivers in Dhaka city and 4000 in Chattagram city as per the decision of the government in 2007, implementation of the Driver Appointment Act 1980, amendment to 22 sections of the Road Transport Act 2018 and implementation of the government decision to build separate lanes and dividers for light vehicles on highways to prevent road accidents, and eradicating all kinds of corruption, harassment and irregularities at BRTA regarding issuing licenses to drivers.

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Ensuring parking facilities for auto-rickshaws and light vehicles at important places in the city and elsewhere for the convenience of drivers and passengers, taking action against illegal toll collection by police and other agencies, introduction of rationing system for drivers and transport workers to provide essential commodities at low cost, and ensuring membership to the Board of Trustees and Road Safety Council and inclusion of representatives of the BALTWF in the district transport committee are among the demands.

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With BALTWF president Abul Hossain in the chair, the discussion meeting was addressed by President of Bangladesh Transport Workers Federation Abdur Rahim Bokht Dudu, Joint Secretary General Zubair Zakir, and BALTWF general secretary Golam Faruk.