Students can now enjoy half fare on city buses everyday

The bus owners association has decided to extend the half-fare facility for students in city areas to seven days a week from the previously five days.

Students can also enjoy the facility during 6am-12am every day, six hours more than the 8am-8pm slot allowed five days a week under the previous government.

Saiful Alam, general secretary of Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association (DRTOA), made the announcement in a meeting of the organisation held at the Institution of Engineers in the capital on Monday.

Bus owners, leaders of transport workers, senior police officers and government road transport officials attended the event organised to raise awareness among bus owners and employees for restoring order on roads.

The traffic order on roads and highways broke down with the fall of autocratic Awami League government on 5 August, and still remains unruly, despite continuous remedial attempts being taken by students and police.

Notably, Saiful Alam was appointed as the new chief of DRTOA in the wake of Awami League’s ouster from power to help improve the road transport sector.

The bus owners have decided to expand the half-fare facility for students to appreciate their special role in the ouster of Awami League’s dictatorial government, said a joint statement issued by Nirapad Sarak Andolon (NISA) and DRTOA.