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Barely a week earlier the accustomed onset of the northeast monsoon, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has removed the shelters from large autobus termini similar Saidapet, Little Mount and Ekkatuthangal, raising concerns among commuters. Ironically, the caller autobus shelters volition beryllium successful spot lone by December-end, erstwhile the monsoon usually ends.
Raghav, a regular commuter, said autobus shelters are essential, whether during the rains oregon successful the heat. “The monsoon is not an perfect time, arsenic galore radical question refuge nether autobus shelters. Moreover, routes are often altered owing to ongoing Metro Rail enactment crossed the city. Officials indispensable reappraisal these changes and program operation accordingly to accommodate aboriginal adjustments,” helium said.
He said the Vanuvampet autobus halt successful Medavakkam was relocated adjacent to a temple successful Nanganallur Second Main Road, but a structure is yet to beryllium provided. Commuters are often seen sitting connected the pavement oregon by the roadside portion waiting for buses. “Buses run erstwhile each 15 minutes, but the nationalist person been waiting without due shelters for implicit a year, done each seasons. Even if abstraction is limited, having a structure connected astatine slightest 1 broadside of the roadworthy would beryllium of large help, peculiarly during summer,” helium added.
Sandeep, different commuter, said, “The Pallavaram – Thoraipakkam Radial Road is simply a captious nexus connecting the IT Corridor with large parts of the city. Despite being a engaged way with galore buses plying betwixt Tambaram and the city, determination are visibly nary autobus shelters on the stretch. Considering the precocious commuter traffic, particularly from IT professionals and regular passengers, autobus shelters are indispensable for information and convenience of the public.” Further, commuters accidental astir autobus stops deficiency shelters, portion respective are encroached upon by parked vehicles, hawkers and vendors.
K. Gurubaran, a nonmigratory of Adambakkam, complained connected the lack of shelters connected some sides of the Chakrapani Street – Five Furlong Road junction adjacent Guindy, and that on Velachery Main Road successful areas specified arsenic Selaiyur, Camp Road and Gowrivakkam, autobus shelters are a rarity.
A elder authoritative of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) said that, but for autobus depots and 31 autobus termini maintained by the agency, the installation and upkeep of shelters astatine different autobus stops successful the metropolis and neighbouring districts autumn nether the purview of the Chennai Corporation and respective section bodies.
A elder authoritative successful GCC said the administrative sanctions, money allocation, MTC allocations and different technicalities instrumentality time, hence enactment that was projected successful June oregon July was being done successful October.
On Thursday, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian laid the instauration chromatic for the operation of 5 caller autobus shelters with tensile roofing astatine assorted locations successful the Saidapet Assembly constituency astatine ₹5.93 crore. It covers 2 autobus stops connected 100 Feet Road successful Ekkatuthangal, 1 connected Guindy Race Course Road, and 2 connected the SIDCO Office Road wrong the Guindy Industrial Estate successful Ward 172.
The existing autobus shelters astatine these sites would beryllium removed earlier the caller structures are built. The autobus structure enactment launched by the Minister volition beryllium completed by the extremity of December, civic officials said.
