Long-distance public transport starts to run

FE Report | Published: August 10, 2024 23:26:11

After a long break for the anti-quota student movement, long-distance public transport has started to run with the passengers fewer than expected.
Transport companies allege that they are getting only 1.0 per cent of their desired passengers as people are still afraid to move.
However, the transport sector has been hit hard by the month-long unrest amid the movement.
All kinds of public movement, including tourists' visits to destinations on holydays, still remain very slow due to the
worsening of the law-and-order situation since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on August 5.
Samir Ghosh, manager of Shyamoli Paribahan at Arambagh in the capital, says they have begun bus service, but they are not getting the expected number of passengers.
"We're getting only 1.0 per cent of the targeted passengers," he said.
No bus left from their counters for destinations on those days following curfew and vandalism, he added.
"We are able to release one fourth of our transport, due to the passenger shortage," he added.
Mr Ghosh hoped that the situation would improve gradually in the country.
Green Line, another popular bus transport, is facing the similar problem.
The FE was informed by its customer service that four Green Line buses run in Chattogram district. Now they can operate only one bus there.
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