BUSES PURCHASE * Bangladesh - Govt to import 950 buses for city
Public sufferings to continue as import process to take several months
Dhaka,Bangladesh -The Daily Star, by M. Abul Kalam Azad & Hasan Jahid Tusher -July 25, 2010: -- The government is going to purchase 950 buses in the shortest possible time to ease city dwellers' sufferings due to the severe shortage of public transport... The move was taken as part of the government's plan to replace all the run-down buses and minibuses within the next couple of years, communications ministry officials said... He also said 100 single-decker buses were bought from China last month and they are now plying the city streets... The ministry will get 300 double-deckers costing Tk 204 crore from India... Plans are also being finalised to buy 100 single-decker air-conditioned and 50 articulated buses, popularly known as bendy buses, with an estimated cost of Tk 100 crore from India... The government also plans to buy some 300 buses from South Korea... Sources said the Korean government would give Tk 200 crore to buy those buses through tender among Korean bus companies alone... (Picture from discoveringdhaka: Dhaka transport)Labels: buses purchasing
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