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COMMUTER omnibus operators have urged Harare City Council to urgently renovate sheds at bus terminuses before the rains intensify.
This comes as sheds at the city’s 10 central business district terminuses are in a deplorable state and most of them have collapsed, posing a serious danger to commuters.
Secretary general of the Urban Commuter Omnibus Operators’ Association Mr Simbarashe Ngarande said commuter bus drivers often unilaterally increased fares taking advantage of commuters who would be rushing to avoid standing in the rain.
“When it is raining, we get congested at ranks and there is a high risk of commuter operators hiking fares, leaving commuters with no option, but to board the buses for fear of getting wet,” he said.
“The City of Harare, the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development should upgrade our terminal facilities to the benefit of the commuting public. As urban commuter operators, we want to see that our commuting public is well catered for since we are now approaching the rainy season.”
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