BRTC to procure 400 more buses

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has taken an initiative to procure 400 CNG-run buses in a bid to expand the state-run transport service, communications ministry sources said yesterday.
The corporation will procure 100 CNG buses with the funding from the Nordic Development Fund. Another 300 CNG buses will be procured on credit from the Economic Development Cooperation Fund.
"Besides a Bus Route Franchise pilot project will be introduced on Uttara-Azimpur route from April 14 to ease the traffic jam," said a ministry official.
Dhaka Transport Coordination Board has undertaken a study with World Bank assistance to introduce Bus Rapid Transit for easing traffic jam in the capital, said the sources.