The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads & Railways urged the government to reduce mass transportation fares in the country since oil prices were recently adjusted lower for transport owners. The organization's advisor and general secretary held a press conference calling for an adjustment to fares to match the early declaration of oil price reductions by the government. They asked the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority to take immediate action to address the issue and create a safe, environmentally friendly mass transportation system.

1. Tuesday, April 26, 2016
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National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads & Railways (NCPSRR) on Tuesday urged
to reduce and adjust the fare of mass transportation in the country as the oil prices
were adjusted recently to the transport owners association.
The advisor of NCPSRR Monjurul Ahsan Khan and general secretary Ashish Kumar Dey,
Office Secretary Sheikh Shiraj Ahmed on behalf of the organization urged through a
press statement that in the past government without public hearing increased the
transport fare as asked by the transport owners’ association, said a press release.
But this time with early declaration government has adjusted the price but have not
adjusted the transport fare and kept the previous fare. The government should issue a
declaration on the adjustment of the mass transport fare in the country for the sake of
consumers.
They asked the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to take immediate
measures on the issue and create a safe and environmental friendly mass transport
system, for which the NCPSRR is demanding for long, a press release added.
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