The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is going to start selling tickets on August 16 in the city for its special services for those intending to observe Eid-ul-Fitr outside Dhaka, said the corporation officials.
The tickets for Bogra, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Pabna, Comilla, Mawa and Shibalay will be available at Kalyanpur bus depot (telephone no 9002531), double-decker bus depot (9002395), Zoarsahara bus depot (8911778) and Motijheel bus depot (9002531), BRTC deputy general manager (operation) Major Quazi Shafique Uddin told New Age on Sunday.
He said intra-district Eid service would also be available in Barisal, Comilla Chittagong, Pabna, Rangpur, Bogra, Khulna and Sylhet.
Tickets for the intra-district service would be found at Barishal bus depot (0431-3793), Comilla bus depot (081-61988), Chittagang bus depot (031-683423), Bogra bus depot (051-66145), Pabna bus depot (0731-64768), Rangpur bus depot (0521-64110), Khulna bus depot (041-786143) and Sylhet bus depot (01916721044).
About 300 buses, including 25 air-conditioned ones, would ply to-and-from Dhaka, said Quazi Shafique Uddin and added that different
organisations could also reserve buses during the festival.
The buses would start for different districts from Motijheel, Joyarsahara, Kalyanpur, Mirpur 12, Phulbaria, BRTC bus terminal at Gabtoli, Mahakhali bus terminal and Airport/Cantonment rail station, he added.
He said in all the buses some seats would be reserved for women and people with disabilities and added that a special committee would monitor the whole service.
A control room would be opened at the corporation's head office with contact number 954361, he added.
Source : New Age
