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City wears a new look

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
With rickshaws off some major roads and 6,575 two-stroke three-wheelers banned, the city wore a fresh look yesterday.
On the first day of the ban, traffic department officials said police apprehended 11 'defiant' two-stroke three-wheelers. Three were later released as they pleaded they were leaving the city with their vehicles.
Yesterday 66 mobile and stationary police teams were deployed to enforce the ban on two-stroke three-wheelers.
"These teams will remain on duty for one month," said Deputy Commissioner (South) Abu Musa Md. Fakhrul Islam Khan.
The ban on two-stroke vehicles and the segregation of rickshaws have, meanwhile, created a vacuum in the way of transportation for the city dwellers. Shortage of public transport resulted in acute sufferings of commuters.
The CNG-run three-wheeler drivers took the full opportunity of this crunch by increasing the fare.
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Several passengers said the drivers have set Tk 40 as the minimum fare.
Monwar Ahmed, a CNG-run threewheeler driver, said he was charging Tk 5 to TK 10 more from passengers.
He said the owners of these vehicles have increased the daily charges, from Tk 450 to Tk 550.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) launched nine human-haulers yesterday.
The BRTC officials claimed that they have signed a memorandum with Nitol Motors. Under the contract the BRTC and Nitol will jointly commission about 200 human haulers, called Goti, within this month.
Moreover, 400 more buses will hit the road soon, the official claimed.
Remarkable changes were seen on the eight-kilometre stretch of the Mirpur Road after the road was made off-limits to rickshaws.
The whole stretch was totally free from traffic jams and chaos. Motorists respected the electronic signals and were seen stopping at the right places and using horns less.
Local people said the government should urgently solve the public transport crisis. People totally dependent upon public transports had to bear the brunt as they were left with no choice but to walk to work during peak hours.