Barisal Correspondent :
Bus communication on 11 routes of southern region resumed on Thursday evening, but direct bus operation on six routes crossing Jhalakathi from Barisal remained closed till filing this report.
Azizur Rahman Shahin, President , Divisional Bus Owners Association, disclosing these facts said a meeting of the bus owners, workers associations of Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna and Jhalakathi held by initiatives of the district and divisional commissioners held at the divisional commissioner’s office in Barisal.
After long three hours, discussion, leaders of the Barisal, Patuakhali and Barguna agreed to resume bus operation from Thursday evening.
However, leaders of Jhalakathi District Bus Owners association disagreeing with the decision remained stand still on their point of barring direct bus operation to six routes of Jhalakathi, Pirojpur, Bagerhut and Khulna, Azizur told.
The direct bus operation to five southern routes crossing Jhalakathi were no resumed yet, as the demand of the Jhalakathi District Bus Owners-Workers Association over increasing quota on Barisal-Kuakata route, was not heard at all, said Nasiruddin Ahmed, Joint Secretary , Jhalakathi District Bus-minibus Association.
Bahadur Bepary, Secretary, Jhalakati Bus-minibus Workers Union, said buses of different owners associations plying on Kuakata route from different areas except Jhalakathi. So we demanded barrier-free bus-plying on Jhalakathi-Kuakata route as some portions of the route crossed over the Jhalakathi district.
Due to this we make a temporary stoppage for crossing district borderline for riding on other bus at Rayapur point of Jhalakathi district to take alternative vehicle, he added.
Bus communication on 11 routes of southern region resumed on Thursday evening, but direct bus operation on six routes crossing Jhalakathi from Barisal remained closed till filing this report.
Azizur Rahman Shahin, President , Divisional Bus Owners Association, disclosing these facts said a meeting of the bus owners, workers associations of Barisal, Patuakhali, Barguna and Jhalakathi held by initiatives of the district and divisional commissioners held at the divisional commissioner’s office in Barisal.
After long three hours, discussion, leaders of the Barisal, Patuakhali and Barguna agreed to resume bus operation from Thursday evening.
However, leaders of Jhalakathi District Bus Owners association disagreeing with the decision remained stand still on their point of barring direct bus operation to six routes of Jhalakathi, Pirojpur, Bagerhut and Khulna, Azizur told.
The direct bus operation to five southern routes crossing Jhalakathi were no resumed yet, as the demand of the Jhalakathi District Bus Owners-Workers Association over increasing quota on Barisal-Kuakata route, was not heard at all, said Nasiruddin Ahmed, Joint Secretary , Jhalakathi District Bus-minibus Association.
Bahadur Bepary, Secretary, Jhalakati Bus-minibus Workers Union, said buses of different owners associations plying on Kuakata route from different areas except Jhalakathi. So we demanded barrier-free bus-plying on Jhalakathi-Kuakata route as some portions of the route crossed over the Jhalakathi district.
Due to this we make a temporary stoppage for crossing district borderline for riding on other bus at Rayapur point of Jhalakathi district to take alternative vehicle, he added.
