Transport Strike & New Govt

Whenever fuel price,particularly that of diesel, registers an hike substantially private transport operators start clamouring for fare rise.Initially govt flatly refuses to raise fare and the operators threatens to go on strike in return.Ultimately they resort to strike- first one day and then indefinite strike.However, they need not go on indefinite cease work as the govt in the mean time agrees to raise fare after negotiation with them.This drama is normally enacted in our state each time when fare is hiked following fuel price rise.Perhaps this time too in the regime of new govt there will be no exception.But caught in the crossfire of govt and private transport operators it is the commuters who suffer most.They' rather feel it's better to pay a bit higher fare than to be harassed by transport operators.The way rise of essential commodities takes place people have been made accustomed to pay higher price everyday.So rise in transport fare doesn't matter them much.They've been pushed to the wall and so have resigned to fate.
What's shocking is transport operators here never care for amenities of passengers.That ramshackle buses ply with passengers getting haplessly drenched in side the crowded bus is no uncommon scenario in Kolkata streets.So are the taxis which often greet the passengers with foul smell emanating from inside the vehicle.That apart taxi drivers here are very choosy.More often than not they decide which direction they like to go rather than the passengers.Taxi drivers' refusal is a chronic problem in the city and no serious and sustained efforts have ever been embarked upon by the administration to tackle this problem.Sometimes knee jerk attempts have been made without any result.This uncivilized practice of the taxi driver would continue even if fare is hiked even substantially.