The need for exclusive bus for college students
by: Lisvan Rodrigues
by: Lisvan Rodrigues
I travel everyday by bus and I have noticed
that the conditions of the buses plying on Goa roads are pathetic. They are not
public transport but junk on wheels, worse are the conductors who are shameless
and rude, denying us, the student’s legitimate 50 percent concession on bus
travel within state.
With great difficulty we reach college on time,
‘thanks’ to the pan-stained buses which have become a spitting bin for most of
the tobacco and paan chewing passengers. Do sign boards like ‘no spitting’ and
‘no smoking’ help?
The bus tragedy at Aldona could have been avoided
had the transport authorities conducted periodical inspections, at least once
in a fortnight.
It costs a lot for middle-class people like me and
other students who travel everyday from margao to panjim to study. I would
therefore, appreciate if the government takes the initiative to put in motion a
bus exclusively reserved for students, of course at concessional rates in the
mornings.
