Bus shelters to double up as info kiosks
Posted on: 13/May/2013 4:05:36 PM
Bus shelters in chosen areas will double up as information kiosks. The Chennai Corporation has identified the shelters on Tirumanagalam Main Road, Valluvar Kottam High Road, G.N. Chetty Road, Haddows Road, College Road, Cathedral Road, NSK Road, CTH Road, Red Hills Road and Inner Ring Road. . The kiosks would have information about bus routes, various means of transport, local maps, details of government offices and places of worship.
�The decision was taken after a number of commuters complained about the lack of bus shelters in several parts of the city. With temperatures rising, it is becoming increasingly difficult for commuters to wait for buses with no shade nearby. The Corporation Council therefore, is set to pass a resolution that calls for the building of more shelters, and these new shelters will be equipped with kiosks�, said an official.
�The major reason a number of proposed bus shelters have been stuck in red tape, an official said, is because of legal problems over the management of the shelters. However, with mercury levels and commuters� tempers rising, the civic body has intensified its measures to overcome these hurdles and expedite the construction of shelters� By June, existing legal tangles will be sorted out and work on several bus shelters in key areas will be completed before the monsoon.�
