Public Transport owners fume over decision

The District Administration here in Silchar has imposed a strict rule that all buses and public transport vehicles plying locally within Barak Valley have to park their vehicles at the ISBT and operate from there. But the public transport owners and fuming over this.

They call this a move by the administration to destroy their business and promote the state run ASTC. They also met Cabinet Ministers of the State Cabinet in Guwahati to discuss the issue. But the govt. has one stand, why then did we built this inter State Bus Terminus at a cost of 50 crores if you are not ready to operate from there.

Meanwhile the citizens of Silchar have welcomed this move because this has brought down the traffic chaos inside the town limits significantly. But the publilc transport ownesr are in no mood to settle down. source: http://www.observer247.com