Punching to be launched at Hub

KOCHI: A punching system will be introduced in the Vyttila Mobilty Hub soon to make sure that the buses entering the facility are maintaining proper timings. The Hub Society will install a system using censors to track the timings of the entry and exit of the private buses. The system will be launched in the second phase development of the Vyttila Mobility Hub.“At present there is no proper system in the hub to track whether the private buses are sticking on to the time limit. Instead of punching cabins, we are planning to install an advanced log-in system for the buses that enter the hub. An electronic card will be given to the buses which can be swiped at the time of entry and exit,” Vyttila Mobility Hub Society managing director M Beena said.She said the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation would soon be allotted a counter for operating their buses from the hub. This will be the first inter-state service to begin from the hub. “The Karnataka RTC has already requested a separate counter in the hub to manage the buses to Karnataka. We will allot a separate counter for them at the hub soon. Apart from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu had also asked for a counter for them to operate their services,” Beena said.Regarding complaints that the Vyttila-Vyttila circular bus service operators have been frequently violating the prescribed timing, Beena said she had already given instructions to the bus operators that such bunking should be avoided. “Earlier, when there was an uncertainty over KSRTC buses entering the hub during night, some private buses also started bunking services to the hub. However, now with KSRTC deciding to divert services through the hub during  night, we should ensure proper connectivity to the hub. So we have instructed private bus owners to make sure that no such bunking happens,” she said.To a query related to the traffic bottlenecks at the Vyttila Junction, Beena said the issue would be sorted out after the construction of separate entry and exit points. “At present, there is only one entry to the hub. The system will change and soon there will be two exits from the hub, one to the Vyttila Junction and the other for buses going to the Tripunithura side,” she said.