Jodhpur News Desk: Following a verbal order from Jodhpur Roadways Headquarters, all the booking and reservation counters operating at Jodhpur bus stand have been closed for the last two days. There are five ticket counters and one reservation counter. All are closed. In such a situation, advance booking is not being done at the bus stand. Passengers now either have to book tickets online or have to travel by taking tickets in the bus itself. The situation is that due to the counter being closed without any prior notice, the passengers coming to the bus stand are left wandering here and there due to lack of information. Are forced to. In this regard, a call was made to Chief Manager of Jodhpur Depot, Mukan Singh, but he did not pick up the phone.
many problems will arise
The government will fear increased corruption along with revenue loss. Everything will be in the hands of the staff. Cases like traveling in buses by paying less for tickets and taking direct money may come to light.
Information about arrival and departure of buses will not be available.
No one will be found to provide information about buses. Will be able to get information only from the driver and conductor. No information will be available regarding the bus arriving on time or leaving before time etc.
will protest
Passengers will face problems due to closure of booking at the central bus stand. Want to push roadways towards privatization. They oppose handing over the booking to private hands and if necessary, the employees will be forced to agitate.
The ticket given by the conductor does not have a seat number.
After closing of ticket counters on roadways, passengers are facing new problems while giving tickets in buses. Seat numbers are not mentioned in the tickets that the conductors are giving from the machine in the bus. In such a situation, if a passenger is boarding the bus after making an online booking, then the person sitting earlier on that seat has to give up his seat. Due to this, disputes are arising among the passengers regarding seats.
There will be disputes regarding first come first serve
With the closure of the counter, the queue there may end, but there will be disputes among the passengers about sitting on the seat. Due to non-confirmation of seats, women, children and elderly people will face the most problems. Whoever boards the bus first will occupy the seat.
