BC Road Commuters, Auto-Drivers in tizzy as police department suspends buses on service road
Bantwal: Local police has imposed ban on Government and Private buses from commuting on the service road in Bantwal, calling for protests and criticism from Passengers and Auto-Drivers.
The local police on March 12 had instructed the bus drivers without any prior notice to not commute through service road. The move had caused confusion and anguish among the locals for the sudden role out of the order.
The order had asked the bus drivers to commute through the fly-over and not through service road. The earlier route of the buses was through the service road towards private bus stand. However, the order issued by police instructed the drivers to commute through fly-over and halt near KSRTC bus stop.
Meanwhile, the auto-rickshaw drivers had also protested over the order claiming that it will impact their passenger count. PSI Sudhakar who was handling the matter had promised to provide three auto-rickshaw stands near the KSRTC bus stop.
Inconvenience to commuters:
The move had led to causing inconvenience to the commuters who earlier used to get down at service road/ private bus junction and would take auto to visit different vicinities and landmarks including court, police station, MESCOM, Agriculture, Horticulture department and other. The move will require them to get down on either of the two ends of the fly-over and walk towards their respective destinations.
Additional SP, Saidul Adavath, speaking on the matter added that the protests from the auto-drivers will be sorted through negotiations and separate auto-rickshaw stands will be provided near the KSRTC bus stand. He said the department will soon find solutions to the problems being faced by auto-drivers.
Shamsuddin, Auto-Driver’s union Vice President, added that the promises made by the police department should be fulfilled at the earliest failing which the union will protest against it.
“The public is not happy with the order, senior police officials don’t know our ordeal while they take decisions sitting in their offices. There was no problem in buses running on service road. It was helpful for us. The department should immediately revoke the order” Vasanth Kumar, a daily commuter of the bus on BC Road said.
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2nd WT20I: Shafali, spin trio do star turns in India''s seven-wicket win
Visakhapatnam (PTI): Shafali Verma hit a blistering unbeaten 69 as India made short work of a paltry target to outclass Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second Women’s T20 International here on Tuesday.
India now lead the five-match series 2-0 after another one-sided victory, having restricted Sri Lanka to a modest 128 for 9 through a collective display of disciplined bowling from the spin trio of seasoned Sneh Rana, ably complemented by young spinners Vaishnavi Sharma and Shree Charani.
During the chase, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (14) fell cheaply but Shafali, enjoying new found confidence after a stellar show in the World Cup final, sent the bowlers on a leather-hunt during her 34-ball knock, winning it for her team in just 11.5 overs.
The hosts have now completed back-to-back successful chases within 15 overs which speaks volumes about the unit's sky-high confidence.
Shafali's innings had 11 punchy boundaries apart from a maximum.
The floodgates opened when left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera bowled a few flighted deliveries and Shafali would step out everytime to hit her over extra cover. Her footwork against slow bowlers was immaculate whether stepping out to loft the ball or rocking back to punch or pull.
Seeing her confidence, the newly appointed Delhi Capitals skipper Jemimah Rodrigues (26 off 15 balls) also attacked as the duo added 58 runs in just 4.3 overs.
By the time Rodrigues was out trying to hit one six too many, the match as a contest was over. Shafali completed her half-century off just 27 balls and completed the formalities in a jiffy.
Earlier, off-spinner Rana, who got a look-in after Deepti Sharma was ruled out due to fever, showed her utility keeping the Lankan batters under tight leash with figures of 1 for 11 in 4 overs, including a maiden which certainly is a rarity in T20 cricket.
Charani, who made an impression during India's ODI World Cup triumph, took 2 for 23 in her quota of overs, while Vaishnavi after an impressive debut in the opening encounter, finished with 2 for 32, not letting the Islanders get easy runs in her second spell.
The last six wickets fell for just 24 runs, but what stood out during India’s bowling effort was their superb ground fielding. After a patchy show in the previous game, the improved sharpness in the field resulted in three run-outs.
Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu (31 off 24 balls) looked in good nick as she deposited length deliveries from seamers Kranti Gaud and Arundhati Reddy over the ropes but it was Rana, who kept her quiet by repeatedly pitching on good length.
Unable to manoeuvre the strike and with the big hits suddenly drying up, Athapaththu chanced her arm at another delivery in which Rana had shortened the length slightly.
Not having transferred the weight into the lofted shot, Athapaththu's hoick was pouched cleanly by Amanjot Kaur at long-off.
This was after Athapaththu's opening partner Vishmi Gunaratne (1) had offered a simple return catch to Gaud.
Hasini Perera (22 off 28 balls) and Harshitha Samarawickrama (33 off 32 balls) did stitch a stand of 44 but they could never set the tempo against the Indian spin troika.
Once Hasini offered a tame return catch off a Charani full-toss, Sri Lankans never recovered and lost wickets in a heap towards the end.
