GOMBAK: "I remembered, the last time to take a passenger bus in this area four years ago and after that, there is no public transport goes here.
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"Only once in a while the taxi sign, is even less reason people prefer to walk to the nearest bus stops as taxi fare charges are too expensive," said the student, Seri Indah Sapawi, 16, who was disappointed because the bus to Kampung Sungai Pusu, in here, stopped for a long time.
Review Metroplus into the area found that on average people complain and say difficult, especially for those who do not have their own vehicles to leave the city or nearby town, especially to buy essentials.
Seri said, the difficulty is not only confronting the population depends on public transport only, but students who want to go to school and had to do the same thing by walking three miles to the nearest bus stop.
"School bus service is not available, so we had to leave as early as 5 am to wait for the bus in front of the main entrance of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) because it only pick up passengers there," he said.
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DANGEROUS ... Seri Indah shows the way
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Population, Osman Ismail, 56, said that since the bus stopped, the various difficulties faced by people other than police the route to the bus stop worrying.
"If want to take the bus into town, we had to walk and through the shortcut to the nearest stop. It is especially harmful to children because the route in the rubber plantations, "he said.
He said, if not through shortcuts as far as three miles, they must use the main road further away, about five miles.
"Sometimes there is a taxi that goes into this area, but we can not afford that expensive fare between RM6 to RM7, so it's burdensome, if using a taxi every day," he said.
He said, understood, bus service halted due to the number of passengers is too little, but Osman still hope the parties concerned are able to find solutions to help people in the area.
By Shuhada Mansor
