All forms of public transport -- bus, train and launch -- will be carrying half the usual number of passengers from Saturday. We hope a decision will come after Saturday.”Instead of increasing fares, bus owners have proposed carrying passengers at full capacity. Explaining the rationale behind carrying passengers at full capacity, the leader said: "If buses operate at half capacity, a crisis will surely ensue. We do our best to collect cabin passengers’ information.”Meanwhile, Commodore Golam Sadeq, chairman of BIWTA, told Dhaka Tribune that launches would carry passengers at half capacity without any fare hike. Public transports operated at half capacity with 60% fare hike during earlier Covid restrictions on public movement and lockdown.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 12, 2022 12:56 UTC