Do we really need sitting service buses?
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Being an inhabitant of Mirpur area, I start for my office from Pallabi at quarter past seven in the morning and it takes almost an hour to reach Shewrapara. The unbearable gridlock, caused by various reasons, is turning out to be a threat to my job. At Pallabi, Mirpur 10, Kazipara and Shewrapara the commuters queue up in large numbers to get on the bus every morning. Though I am not an expert, yet I have found out some problems where we can work on. The unskilled traffic police is one of the causes behind this jam. They find it difficult to control the movement of the vehicles at every point. And some of the drivers block the roads unnecessarily. Most of the bus services in Mirpur area offer sitting service. They do not take any more passengers when the bus is full in the morning. As a result, the queues of the commuters seem endless. I think we do not need any sitting service bus at all. All the buses should take passengers standing, with a revised bus fair. Stern government action is called for in this respect. Do we really need sitting service buses?
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