BNP’s transport blockade drops passengers turnout in Gabtoli, Sayedabad
Shahariar Islam Sovon :
The number of passengers at Gabtoli and Sayedabad bus terminals in the capital has dropped drastically due to BNP’s third round of blockade.
Bus service to the northern and southern regions of the country has been halted due to the third round of blockade called by the BNP. However, only a few travelled.
However, train and launches carried passengers as usual and the road traffic was increased as the day progresses. However, traffic on roads and highways is also increasing as the day progressed.
“As a result of the ongoing blockade, fewer passengers are traveling.” Bus companies felt insecure because of ongoing political upheaval, even though they were on schedule.
Long-distance services at the Gulistan, Sayedabad, Fulbaria and Gabtoli were not available because of a lack of passengers. The majority of the ticket booths at the bus terminals closed at around 3 p.m. Even if some were open, there were no passengers.
Hanif Paribahan’s supervisor, Md. Shawon, told The New Nation that the number of passenger’s crowd was unsatisfactory and that there was a lot of political instability right now.
“We are facing ‘financial losses,’ but we’re plying the bus to maintain our goodwill also,” the Sarbick Paribahan Company told The New Nation.
“We had another twenty to twenty-five persons traveling to Barishal in Dhaka. However, the expense of gasoline and administration is not justified” the supervisor of Labiba Paribahan stated. Since the blockade on October 31, Rajib Enterprise, which runs the Mahmudpur-Guthail line, including Dhaka-Jamalpur, has remained blocked.
However, as of late, Ekota Paribahan is leaving throughout the night with people.Green Line’s booking master for the Dhaka-Chittagong line was Akib Akond told The New Nation that “during the day, buses used to operate every 30 minutes, however because of low turnout passengers, the services have been discontinued”.
The BNP has called a fresh 48-hour blockade programme for road, rail and river routes in Bangladesh for the third time as part of its anti-government movement. The blockade started on Wednesday and will end at 6 am on Friday.The opposition party has announced several programmes since it clashed with the police at a rally in Dhaka’s Naya Paltan on Oct 28.
A strike was called on Oct 29 following the clashes.The BNP then called for a nationwide blockade from Oct 31 to Nov 2, followed by another phase of blockades on Oct 5-6. Now the BNP has called another blockade programme for Wednesday and Thursday.
