Another commuter Jafar Iqbal also spoke to this correspondent in Gulshan area. He lives in Basila of Mohammadpur. Due to his job at a private company, he has to travel to Gulshan daily by motorcycle. He said he booked a ride through a ride-sharing app this morning from the Basila Bridge area and paid Tk 240.
The man said, “Yesterday afternoon, it cost Tk 187 to return from the office. This morning it became Tk 240. I had to use a rented motorcycle because my own one had no fuel.”
Nazhatul Towa came to Gulshan-2 from Farmgate. She works in a private company and has been attending a training programme here for the past three days. Compared to the previous two days, she had to pay a higher fare today.
Nazhatul said, “Yesterday, I came by a ride-sharing motorcycle booked through an app for Tk 150. This morning, I had to pay Tk 220.”