Commuters are seated in mid-air at these bus stops in Chennai

A majority of commuters would have to hoist themselves up to have the comfort of being seated in that seat in these bus stops in Chennai.

Getting oneself parked on a coveted seat takes effort. The steel seat at Taylor’s Road bus stop is not a seat of power by any stretch of imagination. It nevertheless takes effort to have oneself parked on it.

Within city limits, the Bus Route Roads (BRR) Department of Greater Chennai Corporation installs bus shelters at MTC stops. In an earlier conversation with an official of the BRR Department.

The Hindu Downtown had learnt that the steel bench seat at a bus shelter should be 40 cm above ground level.

Usually, that measurement is stretched by a few centimetres, making allowance for a future event that might require the pavement to be raised, the official added.

Given how far removed from terra firma this seat is, one wonders what the future is perceived to hold for this pavement.

The seat is well over 80 cm from the ground (to be precise, the commuter who decides to seat themselves would be seated anywhere from 84cm to 86cm up from the pavement).

Needless to say, a majority of commuters would have to hoist themselves up to have the comfort of being seated in that seat.