Residents of several localities beyond Quaidabad who are facing transport difficulties have expressed reservations on launching of CNG Bus Service from Quaidabad to Tower instead of making Gulshan-e-Hadeed as its starting point.
These localities with a huge population include Pakistan Steel Township, Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Pipri, Shah Town, Universal Royal City, Shah Abdul Latif Town and the adjoining areas maintain that while Quaidabad is already served by alternative transport to some extent their localities are virtually dependent on only one coach service, which also has a long route.
A large number of people including women and students do travel to the main city areas for their jobs and education daily. They have to depend on a single Muslim flying couch route between Gulshan-e-Hadeed to Tower via Sharea Fasial and II Chundrigar Road. Besides, the population of Malir and other areas touching this route also use this coach service. The single route of Muslim coach falls short of providing a suitable transportation for this huge number of commuters, said the people of these areas.
The worst part of this scene is that the coaches mostly break their journey in the middle at Quaidabad while going to and back from the main city to double their income, they said. They pointed out that the newly-launched CNG buses leave their starting point of Quaidabad with a few passengers because there are already three routes – mini bus no 16 for Saddar, 16-D for Tower and Marwat coach for Tower – operating through this point.
The real difficulty is for the residents of Gulshan-e-Hadeed and other areas of Bin Qasim Town who face serious problem in travelling to the main city. The people have appealed to the concerned authorities to ply these CNG buses from Gulshan-e-Hadeed to Tower via Sharea Faisal and II Chundrigar Road which is their long awaited demand.
