The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has commenced two Pink Bus services in the city.
The city fast services, which were flagged-off by Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran on Tuesday, will conduct 15 trips a day to various parts of the city. The first bus will commence trip at 6.30 a.m. from East Fort and conduct service on the East Fort-Bypass-Venjaramoodu, Venjaramoodu-Kazhakuttam, and East Fort-Peroorkada routes. The last trip from Kazhakuttam will conclude at East Fort by 7.15 p.m.
The second bus will conduct service along East Fort-Medical College-Attingal, East Fort-Neeramankara, and Neeramankara-Kazhakuttam routes. Its trips will commence at East Fort at 7 a.m. and conclude there at 8.20 p.m.
The initiative meant exclusively for women comes a few months after the Kerala Police rolled out Pink Police Patrol to ensure security of women in the city.
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Delivering the presidential address, V.S. Sivakumar, MLA, called for steps to ensure that the Eenchakkal bus terminal was made fully-functional.
KSRTC Managing Director M.G. Rajamanickam, Transport Commissioner S. Ananthakrishnan, Corporation councilor M.V. Jayalakshmi, KSRTEA general secretary C.K. Harikrishnan, and KSRTC Thiruvananthapuram regional officer C. Rajendran spoke.
