Transport corporations of India and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a historic agreement to run an Agartala-Dhaka bus service.
The agreement was signed in Agartala by the chairman of the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC), Azmal Chowdhury, and the chairman of Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC), Manik De. Expressing hope that the bus service would be launched by mid September, they said that security would be provided to bus passengers at both sides.
It was decided that the BRTC would operate two buses while the TRTC would operate one bus everyday, they said adding return bus fare would be US dollars 10. In the five-hour 146 km journey, breakfast would be provided to passengers.
A TRTC bus was operated to Dhaka on July one while a BRTC bus arrived here on Monday night. Bureau Report