The bus terminus at Hasthinapuram is in a dilapidated condition now
Posted on: 09/Oct/2019 10:15:37 AM
If you have been to Hathinapuram in Chennai then you would have come across many residential colonies there. Once an isolated place in Chennai, Hasthinapuram located in south Chennai has become a busy place now with lots of people. In the past, this place had some popular industries but slowly it turned into a residential place.
It must be noted that the residents of this Hasthinapuram depend mostly on the MTC buses operated from the local bus terminus here in the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road. It is now said that the residents are worried about the dilapidated or shabby conditions of this bus terminus.
Three decades back, the MTC began serving the locality with 52B (Broadway to Hathinapuram) and the buses were parked in the open. Information is 52B is one of the oldest routes belonging to MTC.
It is superb to mention that these days the residents of Hasthinapuram are going to other places in Chennai such as Kundrathur, T. Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur and Tambaram etc with ease due to many MTC bus services between Hasthinapuram and the above-said places.
The shocking information is this bus terminus in Hasthinapuram does not have the infrastructure. The bus terminus here has many issues like lack of adequate restrooms, issues of dumping garbage, absence of roofed sheds and waiting areas. This has resulted in many problems for the passengers in the rainy season. Point to be noted is more than 25 trips are being operated from this bus terminus now.
It has been revealed by a senior official of MTC that except for 34 bus depots that are under the control of the transport department some bus terminals fall under the associated local bodies. Information is the bus terminus at Hasthinapuram that comes under the Pallavaram municipality.
As per the social activist of Chromepet, Mr. V. Santhanam, it is clear that the bus terminus has been in a poor state for many years. It must be taken into account that the civic body has not taken any step to get land where the bus terminus has been located. There were few legal issues in acquiring the plot and this was according to the municipal officials.
