With a cost of Taka 8.4 millions
for each bus, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation’s (BRTC) ten single-decked
articulated buses hit the city streets at 20-02-2013 morning to ease severe
transport problem and traffic-jam in the capital.
At city’s Farmgate bus stand-Obaidul
Quader (Communications Minister) inaugurated the buses.
Those buses will run on Motijheel-Joydevpur (Gazipue) route.
Each single-decked articulated bus can carry a large number
of passengers at a time.
It would be able to carry 80 to 90 passengers, with the
seating capacity 58 persons. The newly buses will bring a revolutionary change
in transportation system- Obaidul Quader (Communications Minister) expressed
his hope.
Indian company Ashok Leyland is the supplier of those buses. Another
40 buses will be brought within short time.
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