Dhaka ‘seating service’ buses to run 2 months more

Published : 01 Aug 2017, 17:14

Sahos Desk

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) today extended for two months the suspension of a special drive against the “seating service” buses in Dhaka city.

The decision was taken as an eight-member committee of BRTA, which was designated to give recommendation for quality passenger services in mass transport in Dhaka, could not finalise their proposals yet, Mahbub-E-Rabbani, director (road safety) of BRTA and also the head of the committee, said.

“Drive against seating service buses will remain suspended for two more months and tenure of the committee has been extended for next two months,” Mahbub said after a meeting of the committee at BRTA head office.

As per their earlier announcement, transport owners on April 15 stopped operating "seating service" amid widespread allegations that the bus authorities were charging extra fare. 

Following that, BRTA, in association with Dhaka Road Transport Owners' Association's vigilance teams, conducted mobile courts to stop such practice.

Source: thedailystar

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