Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has launched morning bus service for the launch passengers coming to Sadarghat in the capital from the country's southern areas to facilitate their safe and sound road journey.
Officials said the new bus service - BRTC Usha Service - will be available three times from Sadarghat to Tongi touching different areas. The service with a total of 10 buses will start operating from Sadarghat at 5.00 am today (Monday), they added.
"We've inaugurated Usha service on Sunday, and will start full-fledged operation from Monday morning," said BRTC Chairman Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan.
He said the service has been launched, as the early morning launch passengers really face various problems to avail vehicles to reach their respective destinations. Even they often become victims at the hands of snatchers and muggers.
According to the BRTC planning, the first bus of Usha service will start from Sadarghat at 5.00 am and touch Gulistan, Shahbag, Science Lab, Kalabagan, Kalyanpur, Gabtoli, Mirpur-1, 10 and 12, ECB Chattar, Khilkhet and Airport.
The second bus service will start at 5:30 am for Sayedabad, Kamlapur, Malibag, Rampura, Badda, Kuril Bishwaroad, Khilkhet and Uttara. The last bus service will start at 6.00 am for Gulistan, Shahbag, Farmgate, Mohakhali, Banani, Khilkhet and Airport.
Sources, meanwhile, said the new service of BRTC is introduced with low-standard buses imported from China. They said all these CNG-driven buses, which were imported at a high cost, remained inoperative for long.
The BRTC officials, however, said all these buses are being operated after necessary repair, and are now fit to provide necessary service. The BRTC chairman also said they have completed necessary overhauling of the buses to make those fit for operation as part of BRTC's moves to ensure maximum utilization of its resources.
"We have launched the service on a trial basis with 10 buses. But upon reviewing the service for a week and following the demand of launch passengers, we have plan to triple the number of buses." BRTC has already implemented a move to bring back the out-of-order buses of its fleets to streets, he added.
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