Private omni buses have been provided with separate bus stop to pick up the passengers going to other districts is known. It is now brought out that these private omni buses still stop at the Alandur metro station and create chaos there. Point is these private buses halt in the middle of the roads and as a result many motorists heading towards the airport get delayed.
It must not be forgotten that in the year 2017 the omni bus operators were asked by the Chennai police not to pick up passengers from Alandur metro station and Alandur post office. The buses were asked to stop near Alandur court is known. Warning boards were put up against these private omni buses that park at their own will.
The shocking information is the bus drivers of these omni buses park their huge vehicles in the middle of the roads and occupy most spaces. This takes place even when the police patrol vehicle is present. Traffic officials are responsible for clearing the roads and this was as per the police. Those who are travel in MTC buses face huge issues in boarding their buses as omni buses clog the roads.
The MTC bus drivers sometimes go without stopping the buses as there is on space on the road. Information is entire traffic on the GST Road get affected by this. It was mentioned by a motorist that omni bus assistants get down from the buses to take in the passengers wait for not less than half hour. He then spoke about how the bus drivers break laws with impunity and this despite the fact that these drivers are being fined for violation of traffic rules.
A regular MTC bus passenger spoke about how the passengers are at the receiving end after questioning the omni bus drivers not following the traffic rules.