Mangalore: City to Airport Volvo Bus Service Terminated
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Sep 18: A couple of months after it was introduced with many promises and hopes, KSRTC's ambitious Volvo bus service between the city and the airport has met a sad end.
The air-conditioned service was introduced on July 15 and there were even plans to extend it based on demand, but far from that, the service itself has been discontinued due to several issues, with immediate effect.
Only two buses were introduced, one of them a month after its launch, and scheduling them according to the departures and arrivals at the airport was not easy. Moreover, the buses were only during the daytime, which meant that passengers on flights arriving/taking off at night had to go without this service.
The taxi association too was up in arms with the service operators, and had complained that the new service would be a kick in their stomachs. As ferrying passengers to and fro the city was their only source of income, they had protested vehemently against the service. In addition, at the airport too there were constant encounters between Volvo operators and the taximen.
The service has also been discontinued basically due to lack of takers. Of late, the buses have seen only a handful of passengers hiring their services. And this, despite the fact that rates were reduced and terminal point introduced at the railway station.
Naturally, the service has come under loss and the authorities see no point in continuing it.