Separate Pink buses for females are a waste of funds and adds burden to the daily operations of the metro system.
So i use the metro extensively and noticed that pink buses separate for females are being advertised throughout the different bus stations. which, respectfully, is a waste of funds.
lets look at the maths, according to zu themselves they say that 30% of passengers are females. or in other words, 1 female per 3 males. so a full capacity male area (sitting + standing) comes out to around 56 so according to the stastics given, women should be 30% of this 56 which comes out to 17. and the seats in female section in 8 plus around 10-15 for standing so that means women are comfortably being adjusted into the female section.
now what the shaheens at the higher ups of zu are doing is adding a whole bus for women only. so that means existing bus will stay divided and they will add extra buses for females only. so basically for 30% of the riders u are giving them a whole complete bus and that 30% will be divided into the normal buses and the pink buses.
this is completely unsustainable when already 46% of our national budget goes into debt servicing only. billions are poured in as subsidies only to keep zu afloat and such decisions will push costs even higher.
instead adding extra regular buses would've helped with congestion for both and females without compromising on the financial side of the system. and maybe raising fares by as little as 10-20 rupees so that less subsidy would be needed. and then that money can be spent somewhere else.
before all y'all say that such projects are meant to be subsidiesed, yes they should be, but a 22km commute for 55 rupees is too low. taxis cost 400-500 for the same distance. so fare should increase not by too much by a little for sure.