The highways and roads remained largely traffic-free on Sunday, but the demand for extra fares marred the journeys of holidaymakers ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Some trains on the northern and southern routes of the country also ran behind schedules on the day.
This year, Eid-ul-Fitr is scheduled to be celebrated on April 10 or 11, depending on moon sightings.
People have started their journeys to different districts since April 4.
抖阴精品 staff correspondent in Chattogram reported that long-route bus services in the port city were聽 charging Tk 500 to Tk 700 as extra fares from travellers.
In some cases, transport workers held tickets for the eleventh hour to charge extra money.
Debbrata Roy, an employee of the private sector, alleged that he managed two tickets on the Chattogram-Jashore route with the help of high officials by paying Tk 500 extra for each ticket from Baneshar Paribahan, Dampara.
He had to pay Tk 2,500 for a sleeper seat, which usually costs Tk 2,000, he added.
Allegations of charging extra bus fares were also found at Dhaka鈥檚 Gabtoli, Mohakhali, and Saidabad inter-district bus terminals.
Passengers on different routes alleged that they had to pay Tk 50 to Tk 100 as extra fares on different routes.
On Sunday, the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh, a passengers鈥� rights body, observed that around 1.6 crore passengers would have to pay an extra Tk 983.94 crore as fare while leaving Dhaka during the Eid vacation.
If the entire country were taken into account, the amount would be three to four times higher, the organisation said in a press release.
The association said that the passengers would have to pay Tk 140 crore as extra fares to use launches and small boats to cross rivers, Tk 120 crore for launch tickets, Tk 112 crore to use cars, Tk 90 crore to use long route buses, Tk 35 crore to use aeroplanes, Tk 25 crore to use motorcycles, and around Tk 11 crore to use trains.
In the capital city, passengers will have to pay around Tk 140 crore as extra fares for using CNG-run autorickshaws, around Tk 280 crore for using easy bikes, auto-rickshaws and rickshaws, Tk 16 crore for using four-wheeled human haulers, and Tk 14.4 crore to use city service buses.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Cumilla reported that passengers suffered traffic congestion on Cumilla-Sylhet and Cumilla-Brahmanbaria regional highways and Debidwar SA Government College Road due to illegal structures, parking, and encroachment of sidewalks.
Passengers on the Cumilla-Dhaka and Cumilla-Sylhet routes alleged that they had to pay Tk 50 to Tk 100 on these routes as extra fares for buses.
Against this backdrop, executive magistrate Fahria Islam of the Cumilla deputy commissioner office conducted a drive between 9:00am to 12:00pm on Sunday to clear the traffic jam on these roads.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Sirajganj reported that on the Dhaka-Rangpur-Rajshahi national highway, traffic congestion could not be seen on Sunday, despite an increase in the number of vehicles coming from Dhaka.
Passengers from Dhaka to Sirajganj alleged that they had to pay an extra Tk 50 to Tk 100 from the regular fare.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Manikganj reported that the pressure of launch and speedboat passengers and goods-laden vehicles on the Paturia-Daulatdia ferry route doubled than normal on Sunday, though they could cross the route without any delay.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Tangail reported that the movement of vehicles was normal on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge national highway on Sunday.
People in the transport sector expressed concern over the possibility of traffic congestion on a 13-kilometre stretch of highway from Elenga to Bangabandhu Bridge.
On this portion, the highway is still two-lane, while the rest is four-lane.
Tangail police super Sarker Mohammad Kaiser said that from Elenga to the Bangabandhu Bridge, the north-bound vehicles from Dhaka would use one way, and the vehicles bound to Dhaka from northern districts would use an alternative road to Elenga via Bhuapur to reduce pressure on roads.
Seven flyovers on the Dhaka-Gazipur route, under the first-ever bus rapid transit line project in Bangladesh, were formally opened to traffic on March 24 to reduce traffic congestion on the Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu national highways and adjacent areas.
These highways were the scene of huge traffic gridlock in the past few years during Eid journeys.
On Sunday, few trains on the northern and southern routes ran behind schedules, confirmed Dhaka鈥檚 Kamalapur railway station master Anowar Hossain.
Silkcity Express on the Dhaka-Rajshahi route and Nakshikatha Express on the Dhaka-Khulna route were late by three hours, and Ekata Express on the Dhaka-Panchagarh route was late by around two hours, he said.
United News of Bangladesh reported that this year the launches were seen running from Sadarghat terminal in Dhaka with almost half passengers.
鈥楾he inauguration of Padma Bridge has directly impacted passenger flow to waterway services, with our figures halving recently,鈥� said Badiuzzaman Badal, senior vice-president of the Bangladesh Inland Waterways Passenger Carrier Association.
Alamgir Kabir, joint director of the Bangladesh Inland Waterways Transport Authority, also said that launches were operating at half capacity.