Dhaka: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Huq on Tuesday said the government had adopted a plan to introduce 4,000 more new buses on the streets of the capital city within two years with a view to easing the existing transport crisis. 

"The government is going to replace unfit buses from the city roads with the new ones. We are also planning to deploy air-conditioned buses for women. Sufferings of women, school-going children and office goers will be reduced remarkably after the new buses come to the city streets," he said. 

Annisul made the announcement while addressing the inaugural function of 'e-Heart' programme at the auditorium of National Heart Foundation (NHF) in city's Mirpur area as the chief guest. 

State Minister of Ministry of Post, Telecommunications and Information (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak was present at the event as special guest with Founder President of National Heart Foundation National Professor Brigadier (Rtd) Abdul Malik in the chair. 

"We have been working for the last one and a half year to form a time-befitting policy which will bring changes in the existing transport sector," the mayor said, adding that they had sat with transport owners for several times over the matter. 

Annisul said after the implementation of the new policy, buses with different colours would ply separate lanes. White colour buses will run on one lane, red colour ones will run on another and green on the other lane. 

"The buses will take passengers orderly and get them off to their desired destinations. Apart from introducing this system, five new bus terminals will be built in the capital," he said. 

Annisul said the new system would lessen individual owner or company as they had a plan to bring down the bus companies to five-six.