DHAKA, May 3 (NNN-BSS) – As many as 328 people were killed and 565 others injured, in 304 road accidents within 15 days, from Apr 15 to Apr 29, during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival rush in Bangladesh, said a report published here yesterday.
According to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passenger welfare association, most of the accidents involved motorcycles, as a total of 167 people were killed and 120 others injured in 165 motorcycle accidents.
The organisation said, it collected the data, based on reports in national dailies, online news portals and electronic media in Bangladesh.
Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, secretary general of the organisation, revealed the information at a press conference held in the capital, Dhaka, yesterday.
He said, road crashes and road accident-related deaths during this Eid season were 18.2 percent and 21.1 percent, respectively, lower than in last year’s Eid rush.
According to the report, the condition of the country’s roads and highways was relatively better than before, during this year’s Eid rush, due to the government’s continuous development efforts.– NNN-BSS
