Commuter's plight
A good system of communication was introduced for the commuters of the capital city. That was the introduction of AC bus services from Uttara to Motijheel. Various types of buses were seen plying between different ends of the city and even to suburbs under the name of Premium, Nirapod etc. Commuters of all classes used to go to different places comfortably and safely. For sometime I used to stay at Uttara and visit different places in those buses. I saw lots of students studying in different institutions including Medical College & Engineering University travel in those buses . That system was serving so nicely that we used to feel like enjoying modern city life. Middle class people, particularly female travellers having no personal transport, were benefited so much because they could travel at any time in those buses freely and safely. It got popularity among the middle class people, a major part of taxpayers. We expected that the system would be expanded and more such buses would be added to serve more areas, but to our utter surprise we found two major transport companies soon going out of the business.
To travel by common buses that are now in service the travellers need to be physically strong! I would urge the authorities concerned to immediately restore the AC bus services in the interest of all concerned.
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