Transport min 'drives away' with Ekm KSRTC depot's profit-making services

In a strategy that makes no monetary sense, loss-making KSRTC has been terminating profitable services from Ernakulam and diverting them to other depots.

- Krishna Kumar K E @Kochi

The public entity has now discontinued two profitable routes from Ernakulam: The Coimbatore bypass rider (super fast) and Kanyakumari (super fast). These services will now originate from Pathanapuram depot. The vehicles and crew have already been shifted.

The move comes on the back of the operation of the Ernakulam-Mookambika super deluxe service being transferred to Alappuzha depot.

Discontinuation of the Coimbatore (starting at 11.20am) and Kanyakumari (7pm) services comes even as Ernakulam depot was directed to resume operation of the Erattupetta service (5.30pm) from Friday. The same was terminated due to low revenue collection.