BRTC to run 900 more buses during Eid: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will run 900 extra means of transport the nation over to guarantee smooth trips of the homebound individuals amid the up and coming Eid-ul-Fitr. 

While conversing with columnists after a meeting at the BRTC Kamalapur Bus Depot in the city, he additionally said around 50 of the transports will be kept standby at Mohakhali, Jatrabari, Gabtali and Sayedabad transport terminals until the day preceding the Eid-ul-Fitr. 

Furthermore, the offers of progress BRTC transport tickets will start seven days before the Eid and the exceptional transport administrations will start on June 22 and proceed till three days after the best celebration of Muslims, he included.

Various observing groups will remain positioned on expressways day and night for guaranteeing smooth voyages of the home-goers and check a gathering of additional charges from travellers amid the Eid surge, the pastor said.

He additionally said 600 means of transport and 500 trucks will be foreign made from India under the second Indian Line of Credit (LoC) in December next.

Answering to an inquiry about the Election Commission's guide for the following decision, Quader, additionally Awami League general secretary, said he thought that it was certain.

Prior, the clergyman given over checks for benefits and tip to 21 resigned BRTC workers.