BRTC to launch school buses to lessen traffic congestion
Saturday, 9 January 2010
Munima Sultana
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will introduce school buses for educational institutions to facilitate the authorities and students with the special service for avoiding hazards of using other transports and help lessen the city's traffic congestion.
Officials said authorities of some schools and colleges have already signed agreements with the BRTC to avail the service while some others are under process.
They said, in the first phase, the BRTC buses will run for the students of those schools and colleges the authorities of which have already signed agreements according to their suggested routes.
"We have enough vehicles to run the school bus service on city's different routes," BRTC Director (Technical) Akter Kamal said.
He said BRTC is going to introduce the buses on the routes suggested by the schools and colleges to get proper feedback.
Meanwhile officials said, although BRTC has sent letters to most of the reputed educational institutions seeking their cooperation to introduce bus services providing information on probable number of students and their living areas, only a few responded positively.
Among them, Rajuk Uttara Model School and College and Adamjee Cantonment School and College have already signed agreements with the BRTC and negotiations are underway to sign such agreements with some other institutions. The bus services with agreement signing institutions are expected to begin in February.
The BRTC director said the corporation is ready to take this additional duty of school and colleges to help parents avoid hazards of reaching and picking their children to and from their educational institutions but sought cooperation from the parents as well to help the service become successful.
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will introduce school buses for educational institutions to facilitate the authorities and students with the special service for avoiding hazards of using other transports and help lessen the city's traffic congestion.
Officials said authorities of some schools and colleges have already signed agreements with the BRTC to avail the service while some others are under process.
They said, in the first phase, the BRTC buses will run for the students of those schools and colleges the authorities of which have already signed agreements according to their suggested routes.
"We have enough vehicles to run the school bus service on city's different routes," BRTC Director (Technical) Akter Kamal said.
He said BRTC is going to introduce the buses on the routes suggested by the schools and colleges to get proper feedback.
Meanwhile officials said, although BRTC has sent letters to most of the reputed educational institutions seeking their cooperation to introduce bus services providing information on probable number of students and their living areas, only a few responded positively.
Among them, Rajuk Uttara Model School and College and Adamjee Cantonment School and College have already signed agreements with the BRTC and negotiations are underway to sign such agreements with some other institutions. The bus services with agreement signing institutions are expected to begin in February.
The BRTC director said the corporation is ready to take this additional duty of school and colleges to help parents avoid hazards of reaching and picking their children to and from their educational institutions but sought cooperation from the parents as well to help the service become successful.