Friday, November 27, 2009

Most of the Passangers Do Not Buy the Bus Ticket

After establish the new pay system of a fee in municipal bus, Most of the passengers don’t buy bus ticket. Bus driver has no right check you. Only the controllers have responsibility to check passengers, in bus station. But they aren’t standing everywhere.
According to new pay system, when you get on the bus, first of all need to buy ticket, this is the rule for bus passengers. Then find a place to seat. This system is introduced in many countries. Firstly amount of income, after this system of transport company was million 300 000Gel. After the April it reduce and was only 950 000 Gel. But from October the amount of income increase and contain million 126 000 Gel. The posters of notice are in all buses window. If you don’t buy the ticket, you pay a fine. First time the cost of fine was 15 Gel. Recently the parliaments of Georgia receive the law about reducing the fine. Now it cost 5 Gel. Nowadays 30 000 number of passengers pay the fine. Drivers have no right check. ”We are free of this obligation, it’s very good decision for us, we only need to seat calm and see in front of the road!” said one driver Avto Jiqia.
The controllers, whose main duty are checking people; often stand near the stations of Universities, metro and Central Avenue. But as director of Transport Company Levan Koplatadze says” From 120 controllers, some of them don’t do their job, and we release from work.” They aren’t standing in their work time, place of control. In the near feature, the company plans to increase number of controllers. ”We are planning take a very strike control, but as we try this, recalcitrant passengers always have every sort of argument, don’t buy the bus ticket.” add Koplatadze.




The rest of citizens most pour into the coins in a special cashbox apparatus. Official cost of ticket is 40Tetri. In a special card, the cost of ticket for students is 20Tetri .In spite of, the most number of students don’t buy it. ” If I notice that, the controller isn’t in bus station, I go without ticket. I spend with care money!” said one anonymous student D.G. The trip cost 20Tetri for public schools and Kindergarten Teachers. 10Tetri – for people who have social parcel. They more often buy the tickets. Free tickets have only pupils , participate of war and blind people.
If passengers haven’t coins, they most have a special plastic card. Its cost 2Gel. Passengers can replenish deposit in desire account, in the bank of Georgia. Also the card is useful in metro. In case of second travel cost is -30Tetri, and all following- 20Tetri. The trip account reference begins at first, every day. In spite of this privilege offers, most people don’t buy ticket. Everyone wants to take care their pocket money. “I’m not often go by bus, and if sometimes I don’t have coins, what I have to do? Nothing goes in the centre of the town, except bus!” said of the citizen tea Gogoladze. “It’s another problem how many times need to wait it. I live in suburb, and the big yellow bus of our section is always crowded.” add Gogoladze. One of the controllers of movement of transport Pavle Sanishvili denies this fact.” If its traffic jam or some kind of problem and driver comes late, I let him go immediately. No one need to drop in destined of day trip. In this case they take diminish wage.” If the driver is drunkard, appropriate the cost of ticket, fuel or the passengers are dissatisfied, they leave the job. They gave the salary from company. More than 100 of call receive company, every day. The main problem is big interval of movement of bus.

According the rule of movement of transport, the buses drive one times in a 15 minute. After 9 p.m once an hour. Sometimes the reason of being late isn’t only traffic jam; also the reason is damage of buses.” In case of breaking down of bus, we exceed the time, but passengers’ opinions about this fact are exaggerated.” said driver Malchaz Dchincharadze.

“If the passengers use the buses of our company, they should pay,because this will make possible for us to improve the system of transportation.” Says Koplatadze. From 2010 year Transport Company have new plans to make system more fitting for passengers. The director recognized problems of big Dutch yellow buses, Ukrainiar little buses are more comfortable. In the near feature, they don’t plan to gain new buses, but From 30 damage buses, the company decide renew others. Also they plan to improve the system of GPRS. It provides, about delayed transport to give operation information of controller of movement of transport about delayed bus. Set in motion this system, passengers don’t have to need to wait buses a long time. As well the company starts work in new scheme of transport, and plans to redistribute it different way.







Monday, November 9, 2009

If the government isn't taken into the NGO resolution,they will start protest!

writer: Sopo Datishvili
designer: Zurius Balanchivadze
producer: Shorena kopala

NGO Former Political Prisoners for Human rights are going to start protest rally on November 23 if the points of the resolution accepted on November 7, 2009 aren’t taken into the consideration by the government. It was declared on the press conference on November 9.
The resolution, consists of three main issues: Freedom to the political prisoners, Freedom of speech (to restore the right of ownership on the seized TV channels), Free and just environment for any kind of elections.
The representatives have some plans for the rally preparations.The member of the Movement November 7, Jaba Jishkariani said “I convoke all the students to join the protest. Our organization is going to hold meetings with the different university students and in that way we will spread our flanks to the young people.”
The head of the NGO Political Prisoners for Human Rights, Nana Kakabadze stated “Today we are going to take the copies of resolution to the legislative branch and to the president’s office and on Wednesday we will hand the resolution to the EU mission in Georgia, also to the US embassy”.
Maia Eloshvili, the wife and lawyer of a political prisoner Vakhtang Talakhadze, detained in 2006 as a member of the political association Georgian Movement, says that her husband was sentenced without any reason. “We don’t even ask for the amnesty because my husband wasn’t guilty consequently there is nothing to be pardoned”, Eloshvili added.
Still it isn’t known which political parties will join the initiative of the NGO about November 23 rally. Nana Kakabadze stated that to her surprise there wasn’t vivid position of the opposition leaders about the idea of the demonstration. The initiative comes from NGO.
The leader of the People’s Party Koba Davitashvili is among those who is going to attend protest rally on November 23. “Our party will stand with them if the paragraphs from the resolution aren’t taken into consideration by the government. We were with the NGOs on Saturday and we will be there in future as well”, stated Davitashvili on telephone interview.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Visit of Irakli Alasania in Gipa! promises before the election


Leader of opposition party "Alians" Irakli Alasania decided to take part in election. In this way he fight against the power. Alasania voting elections of the mayor of Tbilisi, which arrange in may 3. Before the election Alasania visited a second time in Georgia Institute of Public Affairs. Meeting with students, controversy polemics and knowing their general feeling, are very important things for him.
Alasania doesn't create illusions that,elections of the mayor carrying out without gaps. opposition party have special program about election. They have passed negotiate about this issue with state. there are three main sphere: freedom media, changing election system and participate in election of law defender, without negative intervention. According this program, barrier must be high, because of legitimation of mayor. Shortening of power legitimation, they demand accessibility base of emigrant and registration the voters in day election, who don't make it in advance. Also they request the election of mayor another towns of Georgia.
In case of winning mayor election,Alasania promised students help for realization of their knowledge. He doesn't intend spend the government money senselessly. First and forest for him is to arrange our city social problems and reconstruction of old Tbilisi,without lose old face.Wining the project in tender, must be impartially.Also Alasania have a plan, introduce the opposition party, in election of sakrebulo.If he wins , doesn't gives the right the oppositions, organize no sanction meeting.
"The door doesn't need of Tbilisi mayor building! It must be open for everyone. Everything will be transparent!" promised Alasania the students.
In this meeting Alasania also Asked questions about the Russian and Georgia war. Which was two years ago in august. He doesn't thinks war was the right way of that time.He going to do diplomatic relations with Russia.The conversation also was about in media. In his opinion many TV channels aren't objective.(he named Rutavi2, Imedi, Maestro)Opposition party have a chance of objectivity on TV First and TV Kavkasia. At last of conversation , he recognized that, In spite of standing in a opposition meeting, last year, he never wanted to change the government from street.

S E L F P R O F I L E



Shorena Kopaleishvili graduated from Georgian Institute of TV and Radio. At the beginning of her career she worked for Information agency - Media News covering as a culture reporter. Also she has some TV reporter experience.In recently she had a work pharmaceutic company PSP. She was member of monitoring group of PSP and checked pharmaceutics relation of client. Now she studies at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, At the master’s program of journalism and Media Management. She is curious and creative parson. likes traveling and dreams to see many countries. Most of all she loves her profession and wants to work as a TV journalist. Culture sphere is what she interested. She is a single.

Description of Watering Place - Sairme








In the west of Georgia, there is watering place called Sairme. It’s famous with waters which threat kidney, stomach, goll deceases. The waters is cold and has special taste. You can drink the waters from only one tap, in a special structures built. It’s stand in a Sairmes park. The building wall is made with glass. Itsn’t so long and people stand outside of the building. They stand with bottle and glass, in a row. No one trays to go in front of someone. But if someone has a big bottle, it’s makes trouble for people, who stand for only one glasses waters.” I couldn’t stand until you fill it up!” said one old guest. “me too!” said another. So, people with big bottle need to wait until the row finished.
The adults guest are always in a good mood. After the taking glass waters, they clink glasses and give a toast. ”cheer the health!” said they.
The building hasn’t got a door. The water always comes from the tap.