The MTC bus stand at Sri Anjaneyar Koil near M Ct M School on Luz Church Road have been completely ‘taken over’ by hawkers who sells flowers and puja articles to people who visit the f temples.
Bus commuters are forced to wait for buses in the sun and they say that they find it inconvenient.
Many daily wage workers, maids and office staff use this bus stop and with the daytime temperature as huigh as 40 – 32 degrees through the day, these commuters are forced to sweat it out.
Commuters want local staff of Chennai Corporation to move out the hawkers from the bus stand shelter.
CMRL has often failed to followup on such core facilities which state agencies must provide following the long-drawn Chennai Metro project.
It needed persistent pleas and e-mails by activists to get facilities like better bus shelters and seating at the ‘new’ bus stops in Mylapore and Mandaveli which were shifted to spots on the ‘diverted’ routes.
– File photo used here
– By Baskar Seshadri
