MANGAN, 20 July: This is a demand that the people of North Sikkim have been raising off and on for 15 years now. Apart from the demand having remained ignored all this while, no one has even bothered to explain why the demand for resumption of the Gangtok-Mangan SNT bus service is so impossible to grant.
SNT buses stopped plying this route 15 years ago, and despite frequent demands for the resumption of this cheaper and more affordable service, the buses have not returned. What rankles the people is that no reason has been offered. This, despite the fact that SNT, ever since it has a passenger service, has plied the Gangtok-Mangan route, starting in times when it had only a fleet of mini buses.
Commuters miss the service most during tourist season when the regular jeep services prefer to ferry tourists.
AS CJ Lepcha of Mangan points out, during tourist season, vehicles are not available for hire and the usual jeeps become very erratic in their service. With an SNT service, people will not have to suffer this uncertainty and will have the option of at least a reliable bus service.
SNT buses stopped plying this route 15 years ago, and despite frequent demands for the resumption of this cheaper and more affordable service, the buses have not returned. What rankles the people is that no reason has been offered. This, despite the fact that SNT, ever since it has a passenger service, has plied the Gangtok-Mangan route, starting in times when it had only a fleet of mini buses.
Commuters miss the service most during tourist season when the regular jeep services prefer to ferry tourists.
AS CJ Lepcha of Mangan points out, during tourist season, vehicles are not available for hire and the usual jeeps become very erratic in their service. With an SNT service, people will not have to suffer this uncertainty and will have the option of at least a reliable bus service.
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