Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has launched experimental paid-parking project in Agrabad commercial area to reduce traffic congestion in the port city. CCC Mayor Freedom Fighter Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury inaugurated the city's first paid-parking at Hotel Agrabad on Sunday afternoon. A total of 177 cars have been arranged for parking in front of Silver Spoon in Agrabad and on Dutch-Bangla Bank Road as a pilot project with the help of a commercial organisation called B-Track Solutions. Citizens can rent parking spaces both online and in cash through Yes Parking Apps. Mayor Rezaul said, "I am trying to bring digital solutions to solve civic problems. As part of this, pay-parking has been introduced in Agrabad to reduce traffic congestion. Using the experience of this pilot project, more pay-parking spots will be introduced in the city in the future.” Besides, hanging wires are being taken underground in three wards to remove the mess of hanging wires in the city, the mayor said.
Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Mohammad Yunus hoped that the chaos of car parking in the city would be reduced through the paid parking. Traffic congestion will be reduced if modern signal system is introduced. “The CCC mayor has taken the initiative to evict hawkers. But after eviction of the hawkers, it is seen that the road is getting occupied again. We have to work together to deal with this situation.”
Chief Executive Officer Sheikh Muhammad Tauhidul Islam, Additional Police Commissioner Masud Ahmed, panel mayors Gias Uddin and Afroza Kalam, councillors Abul Hasnat Md Belal, Abdus Salam Masum, Ataullah Chowdhury, Shaheen Akhtar Rozi, Rumki Sengupta, Secretary Mohammad Ashraful Amin, Chief Cleaning Officer Latiful Haque Kazmi, Chief Revenue Officer Md Nazrul Islam, private secretary to mayor Muhammad Abul Hashem, Chief Education Officer Saiful Islam, Chief Engineer Shaheen-ul-Islam Chowdhury, Chief Accounting Officer Humayun Kabir Chowdhury, Supervising Engineer Md Farhadul Alam, Jasim Uddin, Member Secretary of Pay-Parking Implementation Committee on behalf of CCC Assistant Engineer Mahmud Shafkat Amin, Chief Executive Officer of B-Track Solutions M Tanveer Siddiqui, project chief Safayet Abdullah, Head of Sales Siraj Uddin, Deputy Manager Md Shah Farooq, senior executive Sarwar Hossain Chowdhury and executive Tariqul Islam, among others, were present in the event.
