Inter-district buses will not be able to enter the capital



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Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, addressed a meeting of the Committee on ‘Rationalization of Bus Routes’ to bring order to public transport and reduce traffic congestion at Nagar Bhaban’s Buriganga Hall on Tuesday in the morning. Photo: DSCC

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Barrister Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh, Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, addressed a meeting of the Committee on ‘Rationalization of Bus Routes’ to bring order to public transport and reduce traffic congestion at Nagar Bhaban’s Buriganga Hall on Tuesday in the morning. Photo: DSCC

Antzela buses will not be able to enter the Dhaka metropolis. The outside buses will pick up passengers at the designated Antzela bus terminal in the border area of ​​Dhaka city and take them to their destination. Passengers will then travel to their destination via City Service or MRT or service provider vehicles from those terminals. Barrister Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh, Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), said traffic pressure in Dhaka City would be reduced.

However, this activity does not start at this time. It will begin with the implementation of the rationalization of bus routes. Mayor Tapas hopes to take this activity to a visible level next year. He expressed this hope at the thirteenth meeting of the ‘Bus Route Rationalization’ committee to bring order to public transport and reduce traffic congestion at Nagar Bhaban’s Buriganga Hall on Tuesday morning.

A preliminary proposal to reduce the number of buses currently operating in the capital from 291 to 42 grouped routes and include 22 companies with 22,000 bus owners has been submitted to the Bus Route Rationalization Committee, said DSCC Mayor Barrister Sheikh. Tapas An initial report has been provided a. We have thoroughly reviewed that report. Currently, 2,500 bus owners are operating buses on 291 routes in Dhaka city. There is a preliminary proposal to include them in 42 routes and 22 companies. If this proposal is implemented, the current bus owners will become shareholders of the companies.

Barrister Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh, Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, addressed a meeting of the Committee on ‘Rationalization of Bus Routes’ to bring order to public transport and reduce traffic congestion at Nagar Bhaban’s Buriganga Hall on Tuesday in the morning. Photo: DSCC

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Barrister Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh, Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, addressed a meeting of the Committee on ‘Rationalization of Bus Routes’ to bring order to public transport and reduce traffic congestion at Nagar Bhaban’s Buriganga Hall on Tuesday in the morning. Photo: DSCC

The next committee meeting was called for Dec. 6, the mayor said, adding that committee members (committee members) will sit with each other in collaboration with the DTCA to thoroughly discuss the report and specify cluster routes. proposals. I believe that if we can finalize the cluster routes with everyone’s cooperation and coordination, it will be a great step forward in this activity.

Barrister Taposh said that Dhaka North City Corporation only has Mohakhali and Gabtali bus terminals and South City Corporation only Sayedabad. As a result, buses are parked on the road in different locations. Due to this huge traffic jam is created. These are the issues we are considering in today’s meeting. Next March a complete study of the site proposed by the consulting firm Antzela, designated by DTCA, for the bus terminal will be completed. Then we can take our activities to the next step.

Mayor of North City Corporation at the meeting. Atiqul Islam shared his views through the online platform.

Among the committee members at the meeting was Commissioner Moha of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Shafiqul Islam, President of BRTA Nur Mohammad Majumder, President of BRTC. Ehsane Elahi, President of RAJUK. Saeed Noor Alam, Secretary Member of the Bus Route Rationalization Committee and Executive Director of DTCA Khandaker Rakibur Rahman, Supervising Engineer of the Traffic Engineering Circle of Dhaka North City Corporation. Arifur Rahman, expert in public transport. SM Saleh Uddin, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association Khandaker Enayet Ullah, President of the Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association Ajmal Uddin Ahmed, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association , Defender Mahbubur Rahman was present.



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