Quader asks for united efforts to prevent corona pandemic during Eid-Ul-Adha

CNI Desk: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today laid emphasis on concerned efforts of all to check the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) during the Eid journey.

“As Eid-ul-Azha is a religious festival, we will have to take decisions considering social and religious context,” he told a meeting on ‘what to do to ensure safe and smooth Eid journey on roads and highways’ at the BRTA headquarters at Banani.

Quader, also the Awami League general secretary, joined the meeting online from his official residence asking Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), law enforcement agencies and all concerned bodies to take on all-out cautionary measures to enforce health codes strictly to contain the spread of the deadly virus during the journey marking the Eid-ul-Azha.