Sayedabad Bus Terminal to be shifted to Kanchpur
Staff Reporter :
Sayedabad Inter-district Bus Terminal is set to be relocated at Kanchpur in February next year. From then, all operations of the Sayedabad terminal will be handled from Kanchpur after completion the construction work.
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said this while inaugurating the construction work of Dhaka city inter-district bus terminal at Kanchpur on Wednesday.
The services of Sayedabad inter-district bus terminal will be shifted to Kanchpur within the next six months, he said.
“In light of the decision of the committee 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 Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.
After inaugurating the construction work, the DSCC Mayor said, “It has 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 at Kanchpur. Once the terminal is completed, inter-district bus services to 16 districts of Chattogram and Sylhet divisions will be operated from here.”
DSCC is constructing the terminal with its own funds and it will take full responsibility to operate it, the Mayor said.
According to the DSCC Mayor, after construction of the Dhaka City Inter-District Bus Terminal and other terminals at Kanchpur and Sayedabad Bus Terminal will be used only as a terminal for ‘city transport’ buses.
“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 Tk28 crore. We are hopeful that the initial phase of work will be completed in the next six months,” added Taposh.
Executive Director of Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority Sabiha Parveen said that at least 11,000 buses from 16 districts use the Sayedabad Inter-District Bus Terminal.
If these buses do not enter Dhaka Metropolitan City, then our traffic congestion will be reduced by 30 percent, which will be a big milestone for the city dwellers, she added.
