More
than half of the 23 RTC centres set up across the city to issue bus
passes are not equipped leading to rush at the Rathifile bus station
Two
groups scuffled it out at the jam packed Rathifile bus station on
Monday that caused minor injuries to a few students who had come to get
new bus passes, this in spite of the increase of counters from 12 to 18.
In spite of 23 centres set up to issue bus passes, almost 70 per cent
of the centres do not have servers leading to delay and the students are
directed to either go to Rathifile bus station in Secunderabad or to
Koti.
Krupakar
Reddy, assistant traffic manager, Greater Hyderabad zone said, “The
problem would be solved soon. Severs are being set up at the centres
There are plans to gradually increase the centres to 63 in number.”
Students have to wait for hours before they get their turn.
Students jostle for space at the Rathifile bus station
Ravi
Kiran, an irate student said, “Every year the RTC authorities talk
about making the process online but it never happens. There are several
students who wait for 2-3 hours but are told to go back citing flimsy
reasons.” In some centres the work is being done using data cards
leading to slow process.
The
RTC caters to about 2.75 lakh students in the capital. It issues about 2
lakh route passes per annum and 4,80,000 student general bus passes
every quarter. The RTC issues 16 lakh passes in different categories and
gets revenue of Rs 20 crore per month through monthly passes.
The
physically handicapped students find it difficult to stand in long
queues. The RTC issued 31,000 passes in the physically handicapped
category with another 16,000 escort passes last year. Thousands throng
Rathifile bus station every day leading to students skipping classes.
RTC
officials say that once the servers are set up at the different centres
the rush at Rathifile would come down. The contract is given to
Netexcel this year. Last year Campage India had bagged the contract.
Source: The Hans India, 22nd June 2015
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