Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday reviewed the progress of measures taken to ease traffic congestion in the capital and modernise the city’s traffic management system.The review meeting was held at the Public Administration Room of the Cabinet Division at the Secretariat in the morning, said Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon. He said the Prime Minister sought updates on the overall progress of traffic management initiatives, including the installation of AI-powered traffic cameras across the capital.

“The Prime Minister wanted to know how many AI cameras have already been installed and when the remaining ones will be set up,” Rumon said.

The meeting also discussed the removal of old and unfit vehicles from Dhaka’s roads and the Prime Minister provided a number of directives in this regard.

Rumon said Tarique Rahman instructed the authorities concerned to expedite the installation of AI cameras as part of efforts to modernise the capital’s traffic management system.

This was the Prime Minister’s third meeting on traffic congestion and traffic management in Dhaka.

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam, State Minister Habibur Rashid Habib, Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Abdus Salam, Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Shafiqul Islam Khan, Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani, Principal Secretary ABM Abdus Sattar, Home Secretary Monjur Morshed Chowdhury and senior officials from the relevant ministries attended the meeting.