Overcrowding in public transport has created several problems for commuters, especially those who wholly rely on buses, minibuses and coaches. The female commuters have to suffer more than their male counterparts.
The condition of the public transport vehicles here was shocking, as they were crammed with passengers especially during the rush hours. For female commuters there was a small separate compartment with seating capacity of less than dozen of females, but the bus conductor and drivers were skilful enough to squeeze up to two dozen females commuters in this compartment. These females were often disturbed by indecent attitude of male commuters.
The drivers often ignore traffic rules and public transport vehicles run in an undisciplined and risky manner creating chaos. The notorious over-speeding of public transport had claimed many lives. All it required was a sudden brake to make those perched on the roof or clinging to the door to fall from the moving bus. The majority of traffic cops ignore blatant traffic violation of bus and minibus drivers provided a Rs20 note handed to them as bribe, which they shamelessly accept in presence of commuters.
The Karachiites have urged that the compartment for ladies should be separated from the male compartment by an iron-sheet in such a way that no one could pass through it. They have requested that the number of bus routes should be increased and bus owners should be made bound to ply more vehicles on each route.
They also suggested that the project of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) should be revived to divert commuters' pressure from the road transport, besides re-introducing tram system in busy downtown area.
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