Rahul Singh & Vikramaditya
Port Blair, Oct 14: A video is doing round in social media in which it is clearly visible that how passengers with great difficulties, are travelling in a bus of Great Nicobar, in which one seat is totally broken.
The video was shot by a citizen journalist, from a bus, bearing registration number AN-01; K-5340 which was travelling from Campbell Bay to Shastri Nagar today at 11.00 AM.
In the said video one could see that during the 35 odd KM journey, how a passenger sitting on a completely broken seat.
Passengers of Great Nicobar complained that this is not the first such incident and breakdown of STS buses is a common issue in Great Nicobar.
Few days back an STS bus got flat tyre between Vijay Nagar to Laxmi Nagar area and it took 2 hours for the department to repair a puncture. Sadly, all passengers were stranded for these two hours.
Meanwhile, Mr. Manojit Halder, President, BCC, Billiground shared a recent picture of Nibudera Express Bus (Regd No: AN 01K 6265) with Andaman Sheekha Daily showing how rainwater is entering inside the bus and some passengers are forced to use umbrella inside the bus.
Earlier in many occasions, Andaman Sheekha Daily had reported about pathetic condition of STS buses. This is perhaps high time for the transport department to conduct and fitness and safety audit of all STS buses.
