Nice experience in MTC bus
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Prabakaran, Vinoth @ 4:17 pm
Sometime back I was working in MEPZ facility, Chennai. I usually travel by
Metropolitan Transport Corporation(MTC) bus, from my home to office. The
stopping near MEPZ facility is called Sanatorium or MEPZ bus stop. MTC bus
coming from Broadway/Parrys (or thro Mount road) mostly wont stop in MEPZ
stop in early days. So I usually get down in the Chrompet stop(stop before
MEPZ) and again catch another bus to MEPZ. After some time they have started
stopping in MEPZ stop also.
One day I got up a bus(E18) in Teynampet stop and asked the conductor to
give a ticket for MEPZ stop. He said, the bus wont stop there. I was
arguging with him that I am going daily with the same bus and get down in
the MEPZ stop. But he was keep on saying the same thing.. and then he said,
I can request the driver to stop the bus. I dont wanted to do, irritated
with conductor response. Suddenly I remembered a complaint phone no.(*
9884301013*) I read in one bus sometime back. I called that no. and said
about the incident that conductor is not stopping in the usual stop.
The MTC representative (person at the other end) asked me to give the phone
to the conductor. The conductor was not interested to talking with his
official. The MTC rep. asked me the bus registration no. and MTC
registration no. He enquired where is the bus at that time and I said it is
in Saidapet. The MTC rep. said he will come in the line and talk to them. I
was curious how he will come and catch the bus.
After few mins. the wireless transmeter(to track the bus), near the
driver in the bus started shouting… Driver stop the bus. Driver stop the bus
in the left side of the road. Driver was not sure what is happening may be
his first experience, for others(including me) it is the real first
experience. The driver stopped the bus and started listening to the
transmeter. The MTC rep. enquired why the bus is not stopping in MEPZ stop.
The driver said he stops in MEPZ stop and in the previous trip also he has
done. The rep. asked him then why the conductor is saying like that. He
asked the conductor what is the issue. The conductor was speechless. The
driver somehow managed the situation and supported the conductor by saying
that the conductor was new to this route. The driver asked excuse for the
incident and said he will stop in the MEPZ stop.
The MTC rep. said he wanted to talk the passenger who called him. I went
near the transmeter and spoke to the MTC rep. He said sorry for the incident
happened and asked sorry on behalf of MTC. Everyone in the bus were
surprised of things happening. I came back to my seat. The person next to me
asked what is the no. and whom I called. He also took the no. The bus
stopped in MEPZ stop then. After getting down I called the MTC rep. and said
the bus stopped in the stopping.
It was a nice experience for me and others who travelled in the bus,
including driver and conductor. Yes, nowadays good things are happening in
goverment sector also and technology is used properly.
Complaint Phone no. for MTC bus: *9884301013,9445030516, 9383337639*
Visit www.mtcbus.org <http://www.mtc.org/> for enquiry, information and
complaint
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Balasubramanian.
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