The 1,100 buses that ferried security forces to different areas of the State did not return even after 15 days, as a result, very less number of buses plying on the roads. During the festival season, people get one or two buses after a long wait of hours.
They said the number of buses should be increased during the festival season.
In view of the Assembly election, the administration had acquired about 1,100 buses in the State, which have proceeded with the security force personnel to their destination, but did not return even after 15 days. No buses are plying in the interior areas, but a few on the main roads, because of which problems of commuters have been increased. After a long wait at the bus stands, they get any bus.
A huge crowd of passengers with their families and luggage could be seen at the new bus stand in Raipur on Thursday. Some of them, looking to the massive rush in the buses, have cancelled their journey and returned.
According to the passengers, thousands of people go to their home during the festival season. As there was no rail facility in most of the areas of the state, they prefer to go on buses. However, because of the election all of them are troubled, as they are worried about how they would reach their home.
General Secretary of Chhattisgarh Yatayat Mahasangh Haji Sharif Raza said that the DGP had ordered to relieve the buses after taking the security forces to their destination. However, none of the buses, drivers and conductors has been relieved. Even food arrangement has not been made for them. He said that the officers were not following the orders of the DGP.
He said that passengers were facing troubles during the festival season due to less number of buses. They were facing difficulty in reaching their home, as buses were not plying on many routes. Huge rush are there in the few buses that ply on some routes. In such a situation, if the buses had returned, the passengers would have got some relief, he added.