Bus Strike
It's been more than a week since the private buses of Uttarakhand are not running in any routes. Feels like the whole state of Uttarakhand is being held Hostage by the Union of Private Buses. Nearly about thousand people out of work due to this i.e bus drivers and bus conductors.Many of the workers who go to factories to work are also suffering because of this. Neither the government nor the bus union is concerned about the common man. Seems that there is no one to listen the problems of the common man. The common man suffers the most because people from good families has several vehicles. It is the common man who waits for bus in the hot summer as well as in the cold winter.
Reason -
About a month back a bus of the Ramnagar route met an accident 61 people died. One of the main reason for accident was the overloading. After that government took an initiative and Ordered Bus Union not to overload otherwise they will be fined so the income from bus went down. Because now the number of passengers limited to the number of the seats and that's when the problem started. but in my opinion the main problem revolve around the money. Bus union is asking to price hike of the tickets.
Problem-
This causes the huge problem for the passengers because the number of buses is limited and with no overloading buses don't take all passenger. so they have to wait for a long time.
The second big problem is about the money. The price hike of the ticket will directly impact the budget of a common man.
Due to this the auto drivers are stepping forward. They are carrying passengers but charging very high amount. Common man is helpless but to give them more than required money as fare. Because of the strike the Roadways buses of Uttarakhand has much load to carry, but sometimes they don't stop for the local passengers because they already full. After some days of this the Roadways workers also went on strike.
Not only factory workers but also then school going children are not able to go to the school on daily basis.
Effects-
This is directly affecting the GDP of Uttarakhand. There is no one taking any action about it as if the GDP of Uttarakhand in 2 digits. Everyone is struggling. The sales has been gone down. Small shopkeepers are so frustrated because no buses, no passenger, no sales
This is also affecting the environment. More two and four vehicles are running on the roads. The emission of carbon dioxide is increased the consumption of petrol is increased.This affects all not only the common man. This must be considered seriously.
Solution-
Government and the Union has to sit together and make some fruitful decision in the favour of public. Because it's public’s money they buy their food from. This shouldn't be forgotten neither by the government nor by the union.
If there is no overloading then the number of buses should be increased or the permit to the auto rickshaw be given. Because it will save time of public.
The price hike should be done considering only the common man travels in the buses.
Conclusion-
The problem must be solved before it goes bigger. Any more loss of the business will break the backbone of the economy of Uttarakhand because the economy of Uttarakhand is mainly contributed by the bhabar and terai region. Any more time taken by the bus Union to take back the strike may sake the belief of the public in their services. This problem is so big that it's not only affecting the present but also the future of the Uttarakhand.
I believe in system it will solve the problem very soon.
