The promises
were ambitious. The vision was even bigger. The plan aimed to transform the
face of public transportation. But reality now stands far from those promises
and aspirations.
The project
in question involves the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation’s (BRTC)
initiative to procure 340 compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered buses. Under the
plan, 140 buses would join Dhaka’s public transport fleet, while the remaining
200 would operate outside the capital. However, three years aft...
