The three-member committee formed to probe into Monday's road accident at Mayani of Mirsarai, 30 miles off the port city, which left 44 schoolboys killed and 15 others injured, initiated its activities on Wednesday.
The committee chief, Ibne Alam Hasan, said they visited the spot at noon and talked to a survivor and a number of residents of the locality.
'We have just begun our work. But, we are optimistic of completing our investigations and submitting the report within one week,' said Ibne Alam, additional chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department's Chittagong zone.
He, however, declined to say any thing more in this connection.
The communications ministry formed the probe committee on Monday and set up another committee, comprised of four members, on Wednesday to monitor the activities of the probe body.
The members of the monitoring committee, headed by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority chairman Aiubur Rahman, also visited the spot along with the probe committee members.
Aiubur Rahman told journalists that they
would recommend legal amendment to ensure punishment of the drivers responsible for such road mishaps.
Under the existing law, the penalty for using mobile phone while driving a vehicle is one month in jail and a fine of Tk 500,
he said.
'We will recommend tougher punishment for using mobile phone while driving any vehicle,'
the BRTA chief said,
adding that they would also recommend measures to ensure stringent enforcement of the existing
traffic laws for reducing
the number of road
accidents.
Source : New Age
