Friday, March 4, 2011

Aluva to Kakkanadu Bus Service - A Real Woe for Travelers

Kakkanadu is a place where a lot of government and private companies have their offices and operation centers. As a result people from other part of Ernakulam come to this place daily for work. There are a lot of people from Aluva who regularly comes to Kakannadu for job. But the misery is that despite of a large number of daily travellers, there are no sufficient transportation facilities. There are no private bus services from Aluva to Kakkanadu and people have to rely on the KSRTC buses. As per KSRTC's time table, there are buses operating from Aluva to Kakkanadu every 20 minutes. But the reality is that you would find yourself waiting for even 1 hour to board on to a bus to Kakkanadu.

If you don't board on the KSRTC buses to Kakkanadu from Aluva KSRTC bus station, then it would be very difficult for you to get a seat. For those boarding from Kalamassery and HMT junction, getting into the bus is one of the most adventurous things, as they have to face the huge rush and most of them tries to catch the next bus hoping to get a seat or atleast a place to stand. But the next bus would arrive almost after 30 minutes and that too jam packed.

I am still wondering on when the Government of Kerala or the KSRTC department would make sure to make enough bus services through Aluva - Kakkanadu route so the people can travel comfortable without any rush. Even in the peak hours, there are no sufficient bus services through this route. I have seens empty buses plying unnecessarily through other routes more frequently than the Aluva - Kakkanadu route. Why don't these KSRTC officials take sensible measures and add few more services through this route??

The number of people using these bus services are on a rapid increase every day and still no measures are taken to increase the number of services through this route. To worsen the scene, most of the buses cancel their trips due to some reasons without making any alternative arrangements. Its high time that the travelers organize and file a request to the authorities to issues some more buses through this route so that we can have a comfortable journey without too much rush.

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