Arafat Kader

Official journey of smart school bus with all technical facilities is starting in Chattogram said Deputy Commissioner.

Chittagong District Administration’s innovative initiative called ‘Smart School Bus’ has received the first prize under Smart District Innovation Challenge-2023. 10 school buses inaugurated by the Prime Minister will start their ceremonial journey on November 27 as smart school buses by providing various technology facilities. Students can go to school from any part of the city by riding the smart school bus for just five taka.

This fare was determined with the consent of all in the stakeholders’ meeting to start the ceremonial journey of the smart school bus initiative at Chittagong Circuit House on Thursday (November 23). However, the members of the Smart School Bus Monitoring Committee are of the opinion to increase the fare in order to increase the quality of modern service in the bus. In this context, 5 Taka is fixed this year and 10 Taka next year.

Meanwhile, Chittagong District Commissioner Abul Basar Mohammad Fakhruzzaman said, Hon’ble Prime Minister has gifted Tk 80 lakh for the innovative initiative ‘Smart School Bus’, it is not for buying buses. For the successful implementation of this initiative. He also said that under the management of Chittagong district administration, 10 double-decker buses are already plying on different routes of the city to facilitate the transportation of students of 10 government schools. The Smart School Bus will start its ceremonial journey from November 27. In the participants’ meeting, head teachers and students of different schools of Chittagong presented their views.