Lucknow: City bus services strike continued for the second consecutive day on Tuesday with only 35 city buses, driven by the permanent staff of Lucknow City Transport Services Limited (LCTSL), plying out of 230 buses.
As a result auto rickshaws were jammed with commuters between Charbhagh and Polytechnic with public being overcharged for the service.
"I take a bus from Jawahar Bhawan to Lekhraj. As it was not available, I had to commute through auto by paying double the regular fare," said Ravikant, a government employee.
Traffic snarls at Burlington and Kaiserbagh gave a tough time to people who had to use overloaded e -rickshaws. "I could not find transportation even after waiting for hours so I had to evenutally take an e-rickshaw," said Tanushre, a student of
Emma Thompson School.
Narrating his plight, Himanshu of National PG College said, "My
friends
and I had to book an auto as shared autos were jam-packed. Autos which were available only catered passengers who agreed to go in reserve."
"The office time
rush
anyway takes up a lot of time and the strike has only aggravated
the situation
as my colleagues and I were left stranded at the bus stop, " said Tarun Dixit who work at Shakti Bhawan."I booked a private cab to reach office on time, as I was aware of the strike before," said Paras, an MNC employee.
"I waited for more than an hour at Ravindralaya bus stop but returned home as I was late for the lecture. I use monthly season tickets (MST) for going to college," said Nitya , an engineering student.
MST holders said they get a bus for polytechnic after every 15 minutes, but on Tuesday, this was not the case and they commuters had to wait for almost 30 minutes to take the buses which were available on the route.
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