But passenger fares will remain unchanged, Golam Sadek, the chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority or BIWTA, said after a meeting with the launch owners on Friday. “We have discussed how we can resume services maintaining the health safety guidelines. But we have to consider the difficulties of passengers as well.”“Only a third of our earnings will be secured if we transport passengers following the social distancing rules. “The owners will resume services from Sunday. They are not allowed to increase fare and have been told to carry passengers in line with hygiene rules,” BIWTA spokesperson Mobarak Hossain Majumder told bdnews24.com.

Source: bd News24 May 29, 2020 18:22 UTC