Source Dawn
People here have urged the district administration to start a regular bus service for thousands of residents of KDA Town and adjacent areas because majority of them can not afford the rent of taxis to commute between the town and the city and other nearby areas daily.
They have also demanded construction of a bus stand so that the town’s residents could easily get public transport for Peshawar and Rawalpindi through the KDA bypass. These days the town’s residents have to travel 10 to 12 kilometers to reach the new bus stand located outside Kohat city on Bannu road to catch a bus for Rawalpindi and Peshawar.
The Kohat city’s divisional headquarters hospital, passport office, Nadra office, Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital, district secretariat, universities, parks and playgrounds are all situated in the KDA Town and people have to visit these almost places daily.
The residents said that over the years population of the town had increased manifold, especially in phase-I.
Earlier, the fare of coaches running between Kohat and other districts besides intra city services were affordable, but now due to hike in petrol and CNG prices the fares have gone out of common man’s reach.
The taxi drivers have raised the fare to KDA Town from city to Rs150 and daily commuting costs Rs300.
Mohammad Saeed, a bank employee, said that he had to daily visit Peshawar for his job, spending Rs300 only in taxi fare so as to reach the bus stand and back home.
“My salary is good otherwise common man can not afford these fares. It is my compulsion to be in house because my 14-year-old daughter is suffering from cancer,” he said.
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