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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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
