Andhra Pradesh

Citizens speak

I work in a school at Bolarum and I have to catch a bus in the afternoon which is usually crowded and some times some buses do not stop at the bus stop. Last week we had to barge into a heavily crowded bus and somehow managed to stand firmly without losing our balance. One of my colleagues, has two kids who carry heavy bags on their back, requested an educated youngster occupying ladies seat to vacate the same. He paid no attention to us.

The conductor too requested him, but to no avail. The youngster argued that there was nothing written at the back of the seat and hence he had every right to sit there. We tried to convince the youngster for a long time and were very embarrassed.

My suggestion is that when someone occupies seats meant for ladies, he must be penalised. There should be frequent checking . The occupier must be made to stand with a big bag on his head in a heavily crowded bus.

Venkata Bhavani

Increase frequency

Generally people behave as if the seats in city buses are their personal property. There are minor quarrels about seats being reserved for women every day. I suggest the RTC to allow only fixed number of passengers in the bus. Only a few standing passengers should be allowed in the bus.

As there are more number of people using the city buses, authorities should increase their frequency.

Smitha

Issue ID cards

There must be identity cards for the physically challenged people and senior citizens so that if any one raises objections, the identity cards can be checked.

If someone is not deserving to sit in the seat, he should be asked to vacate the seat. Violators should be handed over to the mobile court or to traffic police while reporting the matter to the higher authorities by conductor.

The authorities must also levy penalty on those occupying reserved seats.

R. Mahadevan

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