It’s very strange that there are no means of public transport to Agalli, Fatorda. The Stadium bus stop is around 20-30 minute’s walk away, around 1.7 km and the arterial and busy Murida Road does not have any minibuses plying down it. One may argue that most homes have cars and two-wheelers today, and covering a distance of 2 km to the main road or 3 km to the market isn’t a long way, but we also need to think about the people we employ. While we zoom up and down to the supermarkets, or order groceries to our doorstep via an app, many people around us do not have access to these conveniences – for them, luxuries. The lack of connectivity to the SGPDA market is another problem, and elderly people and those who do not drive have no means to reach the market to buy fresh produce.
Many of our domestic workers – maids, gardeners, etc, commute by
bus from far-off places, some of them taking multiple buses to reach our homes. Then they are forced to walk from the main road – often
under the scorching sun, to reach all the houses they work at, and arrive tired. It would make
their lives- and by association, their employers’
lives easier if the authorities could allow small buses or even private
ride-share rickshaws
to ply down the Murida Road.