Bangladesh, Nov. 9 -- A move is on to bring the city's signal crossings under a real-time traffic signal operative system, with the home-grown technology, by November amid some challenges.

Advertisement With the support of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) have already completed necessary installation works at 22 intersections, sources said.

Fourteen of them have started operating in fully automatic mode after completing a trial period with the BUET-developed software.

"The adaptive signal system that has been developed through R and D is a state of the art technology," said Professor Moazzem Hossain, the BUET team leader.

He, however, ...