A seminar titled “Sustainable Solutions to Traffic Congestion in Dhaka City” was organised by the Department of Civil Engineering at Sonargaon University with the aim of developing sustainable solutions, ensuring safer roads, and establishing a modern transport system to alleviate traffic congestion in Dhaka.
Md Shamsul Hoque, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), presented the keynote paper at the event, reads a press release.
Advocate Umme Salma, an executive member of the Board of Trustees at Sonargaon University, attended as the chief guest.
The welcome address was delivered by Prof Habibur Rahman Kamal (brigadier general, retd.), dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Also present were Sonargaon University’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Shamim Ara Hasan; Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof Bulbul Ahmed, and Treasurer, Prof Dr Mohammad Ekramul Islam.
The seminar highlighted the importance of sustainable planning and engineering-based solutions in addressing Dhaka’s growing traffic congestion, improving the transport system, ensuring road safety, and making urban travel easier and more efficient for the city’s residents.
Centred around the theme “Smarter Transport, Safer Roads, A Better Dhaka,” the event served as an initiative to discuss challenges facing the urban transport system and raise awareness among students and relevant stakeholders regarding the creation of a sustainable Dhaka.
