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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CNN host evacuates on live television in Abu Dhabi amid Israel-Iran fire exchange
A live broadcast by CNN from Abu Dhabi was briefly interrupted after emergency alarm systems were activated inside the network’s office here, as tensions escalated sharply in the Middle East after US and Israel struck Iran.
Senior anchor and CNN Abu Dhabi Managing Editor Becky Anderson was on air when the alarms sounded.
Anderson informed viewers that she and her team had been instructed to seek immediate shelter in line with local emergency protocols.
“I’m Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi with the alarms going off here suggesting we should seek immediate shelter. So we’ll do that. Our breaking news coverage continues after this short break. Stay with us,” she said before the broadcast cut.
CNN host in Abu Dhabi EVACUATES ON LIVE TELEVISION as Israel and Iran exchange fire across Middle East
— RT (@RT_com) February 28, 2026
'We'll be back after this short break' pic.twitter.com/YY5GDILBVQ
The network operates a major, state-of-the-art broadcasting and production centre in Abu Dhabi, alongside its hubs in Atlanta, London and Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, similar emergency alerts disrupted a live broadcast on Al Jazeera in Doha. National emergency warnings were heard on air, advising residents to take shelter.
During the broadcast, a presenter said the alert system had been activated following reports of an Iranian missile targeting U.S. interests in Qatar.
“This is the alarm, by the way, that we all get on our phones here in Doha when there is an urgency. And so the national emergency alert system has gone off here in Qatar. The defense ministry in Qatar announcing just a short while ago that an Iranian missile has been intercepted here in Qatar, warning citizens basically to take shelter. Apologies, there's a bit of chaos in the newsroom, as you can imagine, because this is also happening here in Qatar, our emergency systems going off here,” the presenter said.
National emergency alerts blared during a live Al Jazeera broadcast just moments before explosions were heard in Qatar’s capital, Doha. The alert came as Iranian missiles targeting US interests the country were successfully intercepted. pic.twitter.com/eT6RD8fAZT
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 28, 2026
The development came after Iran on Saturday attacked the UAE's Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Qatar's Doha, and Saudi Arabia's Riyadh hours after Israel and the US conducted joint strikes on Iran.
