Bantwal: KSRTC employees protest puts general life off gear
Bellevision Media Network
Bantwal, 26 Jul 2016: The state-wide protest observed by KSRTC employees union was successful in Bantwal taluk, on Monday July 25, by disrupting the general life.
The passengers boarded the private buses to beyond capacity at B C Road junction to desperately reach their destinations. Women and elderly passengers were hard hit by the state-run buses going off road owing to protest. The passengers dependent on KSRTC buses that has only services to remote villages such as Vamadapadav, Sarapady, Kakyapadav, Biyapadav, Kuriyala and Dharmasthala had to return home.
The private passengers’ mini-buses and other drivers charge exorbitant fare owing to critical situation.
The students’ attendance in schools and college was minimal as the administration had not announced holiday.