India hands over 88 A/C buses to Bangladesh

[Roybot]

From Anisur Rahman

Dhaka, Jul 14 (PTI) Bangladesh has launched 88 India-made air-conditioned buses it procured under a USD 800 million Indian line of credit, officials said today.

"The prime minister (Sheikh Hasina) inaugurated the buses at a ceremony at her Ganobhaban official residence" yesterday, a spokesman of the premier''s office said.

A senior communication ministry official said the delivery of the buses ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival came as a timely asset to tens of thousands of Muslims as these vehicles could be used to ferry them to their homes across Bangladesh during the festival.

Officials said the buses were supplied by Ashok Leyland under a project to procure three types of buses by the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation.

An Indian high commission statement said the project for procurement of 290 Double Decker Buses, 50 Articulated Buses and the 88 A/C buses at the cost of USD 36.85 million was included in the Indian credit line in August 2010. "Delivery of all the 290 buses was completed on 30th October 2012 and the 50 articulated buses in April 2013. Procurement of 88 A/C buses is the last component of this project," it said.

The development came two days after Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran handed over Bangladeshi Finance Minister AMA Muhith a cheque of USD 50 million as the third tranche of India''s USD 200 million grant for Bangladesh, an amount which previously was part of the USD 1 billion credit line.

"With this, India has completed the disbursement of USD 150 million (approximately Taka 1,176 crore) grant assistance to Bangladesh," as committed by the Indian government to Bangladesh, the statement said.

In August 2010, India signed with Dhaka a USD 1 billion credit agreement to finance Bangladesh''s 14 infrastructure projects mostly in communication sector offering the amount as a soft loan.

The amount was the biggest India offered to any foreign country at 1.75 per cent interest rate with a repayment period of 20 years, including a grace period of 5 years.

But as a gesture of generosity, New Delhi in May 2012 converted USD 200 million of the USD 1 billion credit line into "grants-in-aid" for projects of priority to Bangladesh.

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India hands over 88 A/C buses to Bangladesh

 

[Foo_Fighter]

^^ This is indeed good news for both India and BD as the online credit was made for purposes like that only. Also, the spare parts and service will easy as we are next door neighbor. Long live India - BD freindship (if there is any ).

 

[Roybot]

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Each of the AC buses costs $ 56,500.

The BRTC also has 155 AC Daewoo buses imported from Korea earlier. They are mostly running in the capital and other cities. The corporation also runs the Korean buses between Cox's Bazar and Chittagong to meet the growing demand, though they do not have the facilities like luggage and seat flexibility as required on long distance routes.

The BRTC director said the Ashok Leyland 222 viking model is made especially for inter-district routes with enough luggage and seating arrangements.

He said each of the 40-seated AC buses measures 11.5 metres in length, 2.6 metres in width and also has 25 metres of ground clearance as required on a long distance route. It will also have a sound system and a television set with a mike to talk with passengers.

 

[my2cents]

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated 88
air-conditioned buses in the BRTC fleet at her official residence
Gonobhaban Saturday.

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina
at the inauguration of articulated buses

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) launches articulated buses

 

[indian_foxhound]

low floor bues taht to a/c.... good one india...

 

[Luffy 500]

SO buses need to be inaugurated by an acting PM now?

 

[Truth Finder]

Indo- BD

 

[ExtraOdinary]

Anything for our friend and ally Bangladesh

 

[my2cents]

SO buses need to be inaugurated by an acting PM now?

Not too happy with the development???

 

[gslv mk3]

They look like these from the outside.

No,they look like this


Irziar TVS IT09,on Ashok leyland Chassis

 

[Parul]

India hands over 88 A/C buses to Bangladesh

Token of love from India to Hasina Didi and Bangladeshi Brothers. Long live India-Bangladesh Friendship.

 

[Roybot]

No,they look like this


Irziar TVS IT09,on Ashok leyland Chassis

It looks like a Hybrid of both designs, the side profile the glass is not flush with the body like you see in your second photo(silver bus) and the Mirrors too are different and similar to the one I posted. The front profile though, yes, unmistakably Irizar TVS.

TVS iT12s, its this one.

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Bangladesh has done lot more of India regarding the cleanup of anti-India terrorists.

So a lot more to come your way..... This is just one more gift to our real Bangladeshi friends, though our unreal PDF Bangladeshis may not like it.

SO buses need to be inaugurated by an acting PM now?

Thats true... but friendship is much stronger than protocols..

 

[Ayush]

@aazidane @animelive any comments yaaron??

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Some buses have been handed over and now you're trying to bring other Bengalis here to garner their love and show off. That's very "injun" behavior

Give quietly and be modest. Looks better that way