Controlled entry tests passengers’ patience
CROWDS of south-bound passengers lined up for hours outside the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT), as guards regulated entry to keep the lines inside orderly and prevent people from filling up the buses’ parking bays.
As the crowd grew outside the entrance of the CSBT, the tempers of commuters flared.
However, CSBT officials said they had to limit the entry of passengers into the terminal to prevent them from spilling into the parking bay.
Tining Bacaltos, 34, of Barangay Simala, Sibonga told Sun.Star Cebu he and his wife waited for more than three hours under the sun, just to get inside the terminal.
“Naunsa na man ni sila, nganong wala man ni nila gitarong ug paghan-ay? (Why didn’t they organize this properly?) They should have put up railings or barriers to organize the lines outside,” said Bacaltos.
Melissa Momongan, 29, of Argao, Cebu said a commotion nearly erupted when the lines got disorganized. She said the queue was uncomfortable and it was so hot that her two-year-old daughter, Mimi, cried from exhaustion.
Amid the numerous complaints, Eva Encabo, CSBT administrator, said the management was more concerned about the welfare of those already inside the terminal, since this would also affect the situation of those waiting outside.
Because the waiting sheds were packed, Encabo said, the management had no choice but to limit the entry of passengers to the terminal, to keep them from spilling into the parking bays.
The Provincial Government has recently started collecting an entrance fee of P5 per passenger, for the maintenance of the terminal’s renovated waiting areas.
(JKV)
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