CHENNAI: KSRTC on Monday cancelled all its bus services from Bengaluru to Chennai after the Karnataka government decided to challenge the acquittal of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case.
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) officials said they had cancelled all the bus services as they feared that the vehicles would be damaged.
"We are worried about the safety of the buses and passengers and so we cancelled all evening and night trips from Bengaluru to Chennai on Monday. We are in touch with our police and are seeking advice on when to resume the services. We will wait and watch," said KSRTC general manager (traffic) K S Vishwanathan.
KSRTC runs 48 services from Bengaluru to Chennai every day. "This means, around 2,500 people will be affected," said a KSRTC duty officer posted in Chennai.
However, Tamil Nadu government buses continued to ply as usual. "We operated about 60 buses to Bengaluru every day and all of them are plying as usual," said a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation official.
Private buses also continued to ply as usual.
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