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CNG-run buses charge high fare in capital

CNG-run buses charge high fare in capital Abdul Kader All the CNG-run buses in the capital charge higher than the diesel-run buses cashing in on the absence of a fare chart for the former, sources in Bangladesh Road Transport Authority said. A CNG-run bus needs Tk 2 for travelling a distance of one kilometre while the cost of fuel for a diesel-run bus for plying the same distance would be Tk 14, according to the energy division of the government. The price of per cubic meter CNG is Tk 8.5 while the current price of per litre diesel is Tk 40.