Tuesday, January 4, 2011

70% of my journey fare

i touched kr puram in bangalore at 0410am...20 hours journey from vizag...janaury chill was there to feel across...the entire platform was packed with passesngers alighted in the suburbs rushing to reach their home before the grinding day starts...the station was unfriendly...i had to literally carry of all baggage on steep stairs and then had to face the demanding bengaluru auto walla....for a distance of 12 kms.they were demanding 350 to 400 rupees...to add to the plight, there were no buses around...finally waiting for a good half an hour, managed to get an auto for rs 210...
why is the civic authority so indifferent to citizens of its city...thousands of travellers alight at kr puram in the wee hours...why cant they provide economical public transport or why cant they rein in autrocious auto wallas...
frustrating...