The bus terminal of Bandarban is yet to go into operation although it was built more than a decade back.
Official concerned said the terminal was built on 1.6 hectares of land costing Tk1.36 crore, which was provided by Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board, in 2002.
Sources alleged that the terminal was not started because of lack of coordination between board members, municipality authorities and members of “Poribahan Malik-Sramik Organisation.”
As a result, a temporary bus terminal was established beside the main road, the entrance to the town.
Different transport organisations have been carrying passengers by establishing bus stands in the temporary terminal that have made it a permanent one, and the locals, passengers and tourists are suffering a lot as the buses are randomly parked on the main road.
Locals have long been demanding to open the main terminal to reduce sufferings of the passengers.
Local said population and number of Dhaka bound and Chittagong bound buses were increasing in the same pace, adding that random parking of those vehicles had been ruining the beauty of the town.
Md Javed Reza, Bandarban Municipality mayor, said: “Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board authorities have renovated the terminal and soon it will be opened in full fledge.”