Inter-District Bus Dhaka : Sites selected for 4 bus terminals around city
The Bus Route Rationalisation (BRR) Committee yesterday decided on four sites on the periphery of Dhaka to set up bus terminals to stop inter-district buses from entering the city.
The sites are in Batulia at Uttara, Hemayetpur, Baghair at Keraniganj and north Kanchpur, Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh told journalists following the 15th meeting of BRR.
A proposal to finalise the four sites for the terminals will be sent to the ministry concerned soon, Taposh said.
Inter-district buses will not be allowed to enter Dhaka after these terminals are built which will lessen the traffic congestion, he added.
The existing inter-city bus terminals will be used as city bus terminals, Taposh also said.
The mayor also said all city buses of the Ghatarchar-Kanchpur Bridge route will operate under a single company on a pilot basis from April 1.
Attending the meeting, DNCC Mayor Md Atiqul Islam said, "Thirty-four bus stops will be built on this route and buses will not be allowed to stop anywhere other than the specific places."
Meanwhile, the DSCC mayor added that Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has been instructed to update within five days the information on the public buses which operate on Ghatarchar-Kanchpur Bridge route.
BRTA was also asked to update information about other city routes within 90 days, he added.
Taposh said they will prepare a guideline to run and form the companies and has already asked Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority to work in this regard, involving all stakeholders.
The committee also asked BRTC to keep all their buses into depots by midnight from February 28, he said.
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