The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation said it would press 88 new air conditioned buses on long distance routes from Dhaka before Eid to cope with the growing pressure of passengers.
On Wednesday, communications minister Obaidul Quader said that
BRTC would press the buses into service before Eid.Earlier, her said that the new buses on inter district routes would ‘slightly’ ease the growing demand for public transports.
BRTC director Mohammad Abdullahal Karim told New Age that the single-decker buses were being procured from India under its credit line.
He said that BRTC received 22 of the 40-seated buses made by Ashok Leyland and the rest were at Benapole port.
Each bus cost about Tk 50 lakh, he said.
The new buses would run between Dhaka and Chittagong, Dhaka and Cox’s Bazaar, Dhaka and Dinajpur, Dhaka-Comilla, Dhaka-Rangpur, Dhaka-Pabna, Dhaka-Bogra, Dhaka-Rajshahi, Dhaka-Mymensingh and Cox’s Bazaar-Chittagong, said BRTC officials.
-With New Age input
