Karthikeya, Agartala: After two years, the Agartala-Kolkata international bus service via Dhaka will resume from Thursday. It was stopped 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
The service begins at the Tripura State Transport Corporation International Terminal at Krishnanagar in Agartala to Kolkata at 10 am on Thursday. It will cover a distance of around 500 km from Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka in around 19 hours.
The international bus service will benefit people amid soaring air fares and shortage of long-distance train tickets, they said. The bus facility on this route was suspended in March 2020 after the pandemic struck.
The officials have pointed out that a train journey between the two destinations via Guwahati takes around 35 hours.
“The sale of tickets commenced today. A passenger needs to have a valid passport and transit visa to board the Kolkata-bound bus,” said TRTC MD Rajesh Kumar Das. Last but not the least, carry mask and wear it a crowded place for your own safety.