MUKAH: The bus terminal here was quiet yesterday and during the last few days because ‘balik kampung’ for Aidilfitri is prohibited and there are restrictions under the ongoing conditional movement control order (CMCO).
It was observed that the bus terminal was as quiet as when bus services nationwide were suspended soon after March 18 when the first phase of the movement control order (CMO) was enforced.
Except for a few people and vehicles passing by, the bus terminal was almost desolated.
The relative silence was broken for a while when a cargo lorry came to unload a consignment of goods.
A ticket counter staff said that yesterday was the first time in several weeks that she handled such a consignment.
“The recipients of these consignments will come to our counter to claim their goods,” she said.
Soon after that, a mini cargo lorry arrived at the other end of the terminal as the earlier lorry was having its contents tidied up.
An assistant to the mini cargo lorry driver said their delivery service began yesterday for Mukah route. For Kuching it commenced last Friday.
A notice at the ticketing counter which handled the mini cargo lorry’s consignments stated that delivery service was limited to two times weekly and confined to non-perishable goods.
