BRTC to get 100 double-decker, 50 articulated buses
Monday, 17 February 2014
A process is on to procure 100 more double-decker and 50 articulated buses for state-owned BRTC under the Indian Line of Dollar Credit to reduce the traffic congestion in Dhaka.
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader Monday stated this in Parliament replying to a starred question of Md Rezaul Haq Chowdhury (Kusthia-1).
The Minister said that during the 2009-2013, the government procured a total of 958 buses from China, Korea and India. Of these buses, 530 were CNG-run single-deckers, 290 double-deckers, 50 articulated and 88 single-decker AC buses, he added, according to a news agency.