NBR plans to set up more luggage scanners in ports
The customs authority programs to set up more luggage scanners at all air and terrain ports on a bid to curb smuggling and no cost travellers of the hassle of discretion-established checks at arrival and departure gates.
Originally, 10 luggage scanners and five body scanners have already been slated for sale while eventually extra will be mounted to strengthen automated checkpoints and stem the circulation of contraband, regarding to a senior established of the National Panel of Revenue (NBR).
"We are considering putting in scanners at all customs stations in the united states," the official stated, adding that the primary 15 scanners would likely be bought within the existing fiscal year.
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh's most significant airport, handles around 20,000 travellers every day with only six luggage scanners while Shah Amanat AIRPORT TERMINAL in Chattogram has only four scanners functioning.
Meanwhile Benapole Land Slot, the country's most dynamic land interface, has two scanners and Osmani AIRPORT TERMINAL in Sylhet has one.
Related officials said once the fresh scanners were set up, luggage will be scanned for signs of suspicion ahead of being taken for further more examination if needed as opposed to being manually searched.
Besides, the need to conduct physique searches in these ports might decline following the installation of automated scanners at customs areas.
The brand new machinery will generally be installed at the Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet airports, according to the official.
"Although using scanners won't totally stop the stream of contraband, they'll become a deterrent to smugglers," he said.
Bangladesh registered gradual spikes found in traveller movements during the last year or two. During fiscal 2017-18, nearly 56 lakh travellers arrived through several ports in the united states, posting a 10 % increase from the prior year.
The number of outgoing travellers increased 5 % to 55.80 lakh in fiscal 2017-18, according to the NBR's Annual Report.
Altogether, the country's ports taken care of 7 per cent more, or 1.10 crore, inbound and outbound travellers throughout that period in comparison with the prior fiscal year.
