Tambaram – the ever busy suburb is the entrance for the Chennai city to the south people. A recent survey states that Tambaram handles 1.5 lakh people every day. All the trains leading towards south are paasing via Tambaram Railway Station which is the third largest after Central and Ezhumbur. The Tambaram Bus Stand is the second largest (after CMBT) bus terminus of Chennai by operating both Moffusil and Metropolitan bus services. But the current bus stand is not enough to handle this much people.
Tambaram really needs a ‘Bus Terminus’ with better features and wider space. That is the reason why it has been mentioned above the present one as ‘Bus stand’. Currently it just has a shelter roof by the side of GST (Grand Southern Trunk) Road in the name of a terminus. There is neither restroom nor even a place to sit for the passengers. Perumal, a regular commuter from Tambaram to Guindy says “Though this place has a heavy density of people I can’t see any improvements. It stinks always due to the garbage overflow in ditches. The Time-keepers are not responding properly.”
Tambaram has services to places like Saidapettai, Broadway, Ambattur, Thiruvanmiyur etc… to connect with any place of Chennai. It also has a branch of SETC (State Export Transport Corporation) to deal with the services for southern districts. On the other hand it doesn’t even have public toilets so that the public releasing the internal forces (thrust) of their body anywhere. “People don’t having any other option than doing that. Think about the women without lavatory in the Bus stand. This place at least requires a bin to crush the plastic and paper wastes. How much a trashcan will cost? The government is not even able to provide these fundamental things but freebies like TVs & Laptop computers”, said by an annoyed public.
Vetri, who is running a bakery, says the misery of the bus stand ironically “Mr. Common can’t find any taps to solve his thirst in Tambaram. Thereby he is forced to buy water; mostly impure water packets and throwing the partially finished covers somewhere to give some surprise drizzling for his fellow compatriot. Despite having a Subway, people used to jump to the other side of road with exquisite athletic touch. I am not sure whether they are doing it to prove that the Olympics medal dream is not far away. Fascinated by their on-screen heroes they also release rings of smoke in public. I think the Policemen who are responsible to punish or fine these Romeos have taken resolution to be public friendly and therefore sticking to their principle – “Kaavalthurai ungal Nanban”.
To get a bus to Kanchipuram, passengers have to walk almost a kilometre with luggage to the other extreme of the Bus stand. So the old-aged passengers with heavy bags are forced to hire autos of high cost. The shopkeepers here have hidden the walking pavement entirely. No authorities seem like taking action on these incidents. Tourists from other states and nations really having a tough time here to get the information they need. When citizens of Chennai who have been born and brought up here are not able to have a clear idea about the MTC (Metropolitan Transport Corporation) routes, how one can expect a foreigner who has never been here to travel without assistance?
Government is constructing a big terminus in Tambaram Sanatorium to provide a relief for the above mentioned fiascos. But it is under construction since the Stone Age period. The Municipality officials like junior engineer assures it will get complete soon and they are doing their best. All the public needs to know is when it will get complete?
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