Affordable transport
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An easy, fast & affordable transport system is vital for present day life in Bangladesh. Indeed, despite thirty-six years of independence, we miserably failed to attain the goal even in the capital city, Dhaka. We observed with pleasure that a few hundred buses were introduced in the last couple of years to transport commuters within Dhaka city areas. Hundreds of buses have also been introduced from Dhaka city to adjoining districts to establish links between Dhaka-Narayanganj, Dhaka-Narshingdi, Dhaka-Munshiganj, Dhaka-Savar, Dhaka-Manikganj, Dhaka-Mawa, Dhaka-Gazipur and so on. Significant numbers of commuters have been enjoying this transport facility every day. Even then, most of the city dwellers cannot go to their every desired destination within the city by existing bus routes. The minority rich who have their own cars or cars from their employers can move to their desired destinations. But majority of the inhabitants face enormous problems in moving from one place to another because the main roads in the city do not allow fossil fuel free rickshaw plying. And the number of auto-rickshaws plying in the city is very insignificant compared to the number of commuters. Taxi-cabs are hardly seen in the road at the time of need. Under the circumstances, we would like to urge the government to withdraw the ban on rickshaws on the city roads and withdraw all tariff & non tariff restrictions on import & registration of auto-rickshaws, which run on CNG. These measures will definitely help solve the transport problem in the city.
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