The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Transport owners have no interest to reduce the bus fare in city roads after reduction of the prices of oil from Tk 7 to Tk 10 per litre yesterday.

The Ministry of Communication will meet with the bus owners associations about the bus fare issues today.

However, the Ministry of Communication readjusted the bus fare to Tk .98 per kilometres from Tk 1.10 for buses and to Tk 1.04 from Tk 1.20 per kilometres for mini-buses yesterday.

Khandaker Rafiqul Hossain Kajal, President of Association of Bus Companies told the New Nation yesterday that we are not thinking about reduction of the bus fare at city different roads.

"We had increased the CNG-run bus fare only to Tk 1.20 from Tk .87 in July," he said.

"All the buses of us in the city road are CNG-run. So, we have no interest to reduce our bus prices," he claimed.

"All the accessories of the buses increased remarkably in the market. Following the reason, the maintenance of the buses also increased," he again said.

According to sources said that around 30 per cent of the city buses are diesel run in the city road.