Commuters demand that unused parking bay at Pallavaram terminus be put to use

Bus users and motorists travelling on the Chennai–GST Road corridor person raised concerns implicit the unused parking bay astatine the Pallavaram autobus terminus, located connected the eastbound broadside towards Tambaram. Built astir 2006, the terminus was designed for MTC buses heading to Tambaram to usage an interior bay, with different services stopping astatine the outer bay. The strategy functioned lone briefly, and buses present halt on the beforehand bay adjoining GST Road.

The unused interior bay — astir 25 feet wide — has slipped into neglect. Passenger seating has been encroached upon by miscreants, accidental commuters, who enactment the abstraction has go a pouch for anti-social activity. Civic activistic V. Santhanam said the bay has not been utilized for much than a decade. “If the authorities cannot support specified a ample operation occupying premier roadworthy space, they should person it into a elemental autobus structure to escaped up the congested country nether the flyover adjacent the signal,” helium said. Srinivasan, an autorickshaw driver, said the postulation bottleneck affects their regular operations arsenic well.

. Commuters request that each buses beryllium routed done the interior bay to forestall roadside stoppages. If that is not feasible, they suggest converting the full country into a autobus halt — akin to the statement astatine Chromepet — to facilitate smoother postulation flow, particularly with the Radha Nagar subway acceptable to unfastened soon.

Responding to the demand, Pallavaram MLA E. Karunanidhi said renovation work, including granite seating, was nether way. “Once completed, instructions volition beryllium issued to the transport authorities to name a timekeeper and guarantee that buses participate the interior bay of the terminus,” helium added.

Commuters accidental that though large projects are successful the pipeline to easiness congestion connected the GST corridor, existing public-transport facilities indispensable stay functional. With onshore acquisition for the Airport–Kilambakkam metro enactment acceptable to begin, they anticipation postulation pressures volition easiness and not escalate further.