Advance bus ticket sale at excess prices

Advance sale of private service bus tickets for Eid-ul-Fitr began in the Chittagong city from Friday with buyers complaining about excess prices.
A huge number of tickets for July 14 and 15 were sold out at different bus counters, ticket sellers and buyers told The Independent. The second day of bus selling yesterday (Saturday) the counters of --- ‘Kadamtali’, ‘BRTC’, ‘Pahartali’, ‘Colonel-hat’, ‘AK Khan’ and ‘Alongkar Circle’ --- areas in the city was seen busy with passengers’ presence.
The bus services --- ‘Keya’, ‘Soudia’, ‘Eagle’ ‘Shyamoli’, ‘Sohag’ and ‘Greenline’ --- have started selling tickets; however ‘Unique’ and ‘Hanif’ bus services will start selling their ticket on July 8 and July 12. Customers alleged that they had to pay around Tk120-250 more than the usual prices for the tickets.
One such buyer, Jaber, said: “I bought a Shyamoli Paribahan ticket to go to Rajshahi on July 15. It usually costs Tk800, but today I had to pay Tk1250 for the ticket.”
Several buyers said tickets for July 14-16 was already sold out, when this report was filed.
 “The ticket prices are being sold at the same prices as last year; we are not charging extra,” said Uttam Kumar, seller at the ticket counter of Shyamoli bus service in BRTC area.
Contacted, Kafil Uddin Ahmed, president of Bangladesh Road Transport Owners’ Association told The Independent, “We have started selling advance tickets for all routes in North Bengal from Friday and there is no chance to go the tickets to the black market.”
When asked about excess fare of the advance tickets, he said people are paying the price of the tickets according to the government chart hanged our counter.

 

 

Advance bus ticket sale at excess prices

Advance sale of private service bus tickets for Eid-ul-Fitr began in the Chittagong city from Friday with buyers complaining about excess prices. A huge number of tickets for July 14 and 15 were sold out at different bus counters, ticket sellers and buyers told The Independent. The second day of bus selling yesterday (Saturday) the counters of --- Kadamtali, BRTC, Pahartali, Colonel-hat, AK Khan and Alongkar Circle --- areas in the city was seen busy with passengers presence. The bus services --- Keya, Soudia, Eagle Shyamoli, Sohag and Greenline --- have started selling tickets; however Unique and Hanif bus services will start selling their ticket on July 8 and July 12. Customers alleged that they had to pay around Tk120-250 more than the usual prices for the tickets. One such buyer, Jaber, said: I bought a Shyamoli Paribahan ticket to go to Rajshahi on July 15. It usually costs Tk800, but today I had to pay Tk1250 for the ticket. Several buyers said tickets for July 14-16 was already sold out, when this report was filed. The ticket prices are being sold at the same prices as last year; we are not charging extra, said Uttam Kumar, seller at the ticket counter of Shyamoli bus service in BRTC area. Contacted, Kafil Uddin Ahmed, president of Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association told The Independent, We have started selling advance tickets for all routes in North Bengal from Friday and there is no chance to go the tickets to the black market. When asked about excess fare of the advance tickets, he said people are paying the price of the tickets according to the government chart hanged our counter.