Sir,
We, the people of Jammu, are nowadays facing a major traffic problem in the city. The local matadors and mini-buses have become a menace hindering the normal movement of vehicular traffic. I feel abashed by the practice and would like to put forth my views.
Firstly, despite the order of the Government which states that all bus drivers and conductors need to be in their proper uniform, no driver is found obeying this rule and they wear whatever they like.
Another factor, concerning the security of the passengers, is that the matadors are found overloaded most of the times and the passengers are seen clinging on to the doors as well as the backs of the matadors. This indeed is a very dangerous practice. The matadors often keep waiting at the matador stops for more than 10 minutes, thus causing delay to many passengers. The main reason behind this is the absence of a proper schedule for the run timings of the matadors and due to the absence of a proper check mechanism.
Now, the most important part is the absence of proper matador stops. Matador drivers tend to stop their matadors wherever they want, be it in the middle of the road or at a junction where it becomes difficult for other vehicles to pass through, thus, causing unnecessary traffic jams. It is found that at many junctions’ matador drivers tend to overtake each other quite rashly, thus causing trouble for the oncoming vehicles.
These are some of the many drawbacks which need to be improved so that a proper, safe and a well organized local transport system can be made available to the people of Jammu and the easiest way of achieving this is to educate the drivers. The matador unions should help provide this education, rather than calling for bandhs and strikes every other day.
Yours etc……
Sugam Mahajan
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