Exorbitant fares
I am a resident of Dhanmondi, I have a small business in Shahbag. Like other days, this morning I got up early and went to the local bus counter. When I reached the counter, I found a small crowd there. Some people were quarreling with the ticket seller. After a while I understood that it was because of the hike of the ticket prices. The ticket seller said that the price of CNG has almost doubled and they had no other option but to raise the ticket price. The people were flabbergasted by this sudden notice. However, the question is why and how did the country suddenly fall into such a gas crisis that it led the authorities to hike the price? The bus owners, CNG/taxi drivers, and even rickshawallas (though they have no business with CNG) took this opportunity and charged high fares. I think it is just the beginning. The food prices will rise soon because of CNG price hike, which was seen in the past.
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