The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has stopped its services towards Tamil Nadu which is observing a bandh over the Cauvery dispute on Today.
Over 120 schedules of the KSRTC were cancelled in the morning after their counterparts in Tamil Nadu advised them on the fears of these buses being targeted.
In all, KSRTC operates 410 schedules towards Tamil Nadu daily, while its Tamil Nadu counterpart operates 596 schedules. All these services came to a halt on Tuesday morning.
KSRTC officials hoped services could resume late in the evening. So far, the Corporation has not reported any damage to its buses – some of which are parked in bus stations in Tamil Nadu.
Our Kolar Correspondent reports:
Services cancelled
Services of both private and KSRTC buses to Tamil Nadu from Kolar district were affected on Tuesday in view of bandh in that State over the Cauvery issue. Buses from Tamil Nadu did not enter Kolar either.
“On an average 32 buses operate from different depots, including Kolar, Malur, Mulbagal and KGF in the district. However, trips of all the buses were cancelled as a precautionary measure,” Yashwanth Kumar, KSRTC’s Divisional Controller, said.
Newspaper supply hit
Supply of several Tamil newspapers from Tamil Nadu was affected due to the bandh. Kolar Gold Fields (KGF), with a sizeable Tamil speaking population, used to get a large number of dailies from the neighbouring State. But on Tuesday, the readers had to go without their newspaper as no buses, which used to transport the paper bundles from Tamil Nadu, entered the area.
