Sayedabad bus terminal to move to Kanchpur; work begins

Bus terminal, representational image.

Dhaka, Aug 9 - Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh on Wednesday inaugurated the construction work of Dhaka city inter-district bus terminal at Kanchpur.

Once the construction work is completed, the services of Sayedabad inter-district bus terminal will be relocated to Kanchpur within the next six months, according to a DCSS press release.

"In the light of the decision of the meeting of the bus route rationalization committee to make the public transport management in Dhaka city disciplined, we inaugurated the construction work of Dhaka City Inter-District Bus Terminal in Kanchpur today,” said the DSCC mayor.

“It's been a long wait. After 1984, no inter-district bus terminal was built. The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has given 12.5 acres of land here. Once the terminal is completed, inter-district bus services to 16 districts of Chattogram and Sylhet divisions will be operated from here,” he said.

DSCC is constructing the terminal with its own funds and it will take full responsibility to operate it, said Taposh.

"In the initial phase, mud filling, construction of boundary wall, bus entry and exit and accommodation for workers will be done. The initial phase of the work will cost Tk 28 crore. We are hopeful that the initial phase of work will be completed in the next six months,” added Taposh. - UNB