Commuters demand urgent upgrade to Kollidam bus stop
The Kollidam bus stop, located at the border of Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore districts, serves over 2,000 daily commuters but lacks essential amenities. Travelers have expressed frustration over the absence of drinking water, seating, toilets, and two-wheeler parking. Residents claim these issues have persisted for decades without government intervention.
- ▪The Kollidam bus stop is a key transit point between Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore districts.
- ▪More than 2,000 commuters use the bus stop daily.
- ▪The facility has no drinking water, public toilets, adequate seating, or two-wheeler parking.
- ▪Commuters have reported that their grievances have been ignored for decades.
- ▪The bus stop's poor condition highlights a lack of infrastructure development in the region.
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Situated at the southern tip of Mayiladuthurai district, bordering Cuddalore district, the Kollidam bus stop has long been a source of frustration for more than 2,000 commuters who pass through it daily.Despite its strategic importance as a busy transit junction connecting the two districts, the facility continues to languish without basic amenities — no drinking water, inadequate seating, no public toilets, and no two-wheeler parking stand — grievances that residents say have gone unaddressed for decades.
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