Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- The Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) and several other organisations Wednesday urged the government to review and reconsider its decision to scrap the dedicated bus lane on the Dhaka-Gazipur Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor and convert the road into a 3+3 lane highway.

They made the call at a press conference titled "We Want Implementation of Dhaka-Gazipur BRT" at the Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah Hall of the Jatiya Press Club this morning.

BIP, the Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB), Works for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust and Gazipur Oitijjho O Unnayan jointly organised the event.

Presenting the keynote, BIP President Planner Muhammad Ariful Islam said the cabinet decided on October 18 to abolish the des...