Indian Agartala-Kolkata Bus Service Via Dhaka To Resume From June 10 After Two Years
Date
5/30/2022 1:36:05 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Dhaka will resume from June
10 after a hiatus of over two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
an official of the Tripura government said on Saturday, Trend reports citing India
Today.
The bus service was initially planned to restart from April 28
but postponed owing to 'some technical reasons', he said.
State transport department principal secretary LH Darlong has
written letters to Bangladesh's Ministry of External Affairs and
the Indian High Commission to the neighbouring country, apprising
them of the proposed resumption of the international bus
service.
“Tickets for the bus service will be available at the Tripura
Road Transport Corporation counter at Krishnanagar from June 1.
Passengers need to have a valid passport and visa to board a
vehicle,' a transport department official said.
In a separate letter to the joint secretary of the Ministry of
External Affairs in New Delhi, state additional secretary S
Chowdhury informed all concerned about the resumption of the cross
border bus service.
The fare from Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka will be Rs 2,300 per
passenger, including travelling tax, while it will be Rs 1,000 from
Tripura capital to Dhaka.
The international bus service will benefit people amid soaring
air fares and suspension of long-distance trains due to landslides
in neighbouring Assam.
The bus will cover a distance of around 500 km from Agartala to
Kolkata via Dhaka in around 19 hours. A train journey between the
two destinations via Guwahati takes around 35 hours, another
official said.
The bus facility on this route was suspended in March 2020 after
the pandemic struck.
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