Police distributed fire-extinguisher for long route vehicles in Barisal

Barisal Metropolitan Police authourity on Saturday distributed fire-extinguisher for long route vehicles at Nathullabad central bus terminal of Barisal city to face arson attacks. Discussion meeting, training and drill exercise for the road transport workers about processes of preventing and combating arson attacks also arranged on this occasion.The programme was addressed by Shoibal Kanti Chowdhury, commissioner, Zillur Rahman, deputy commissioner of BMP, Aftab Hossain, president district bus owners association and city Sramik League.The speakers stressed installing fire-extinguishing equipments in all road transports and discussed about combating processes of arson attacks on the road transports by the miscreants to ensure safety and security of the passengers, goods and vehicles.At the first phase 10 fire-extinguisher equipments were distributed among the long-route vehicles plying from this terminal of Barisal.Besides Abdur Rouf, deputy police commissioner BMP, also addressed before the bus owners and workers at Rupatali central bus terminal of the city on Saturday afternoon.In that meeting discussion was held about safety, security of the passengers and vehicles facing arson attack and threats against road transports.Barisal Correspondent