Locals rue lack of bus shelters on Alandi Road

Pune | Monday | 25th March, 2019

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After Lok Sabha elections, we will add more bus stops on several routes for the convenience and safety of commuters,” Chartahnkar added. We could not set up shelters due to the road widening work,” he said.“But our endeavour is to establish at least 10 shelters on the stretch over the next few weeks,” he added.Earlier, the PMPML had removed several bus shelters across the city due to the on-going Metro construction work.“We are planning to relocate the bus shelters along these routes. The PMPML and civic officials should experience our daily ordeals. The PMPML authorities must ideally conduct a survey of the passengers and then deploy buses.”“The buses are very crowded during peak hours but ply empty otherwise. The administration concerned has clearly failed,” the engineering student added.Ajay Chartahnkar, the joint Managing Director of PMPML, said the public transport utility had conducted a detailed survey of the road a few weeks ago.“This route is very important for us as it generates a significant revenue..