KSRTC withdraws cancellation charges

BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation KSRTC ) on Thursday swung into action after it emerged that the the state’s 15th Covid-19 patient, 35-year-old man from Kodagu, had travelled it its bus from Bengaluru to Maidkeri The man travelled in a KSRTC Rajahamsa bus (KA19F3170) which left from Mysuru Road satellite bus terminus at 11:35pm to Madikeri via Virajpet and Murnad.“A total of 38 passengers including 33 unreserved passengers travelled in the bus. All five reserved passengers in that bus were informed over phone to report immediately to the hospital for further checkup. We also communicated through various social media sites” said a KSRTC release.“The crew members and their families were taken for immediate medical checkup at district hospital,” it said.In a relief to passengers, KSRTC has withdrawn cancellation charges for passengers cancelling their reserved tickets till March 31 with immediate effect. A total of 1300 schedules cancelled resulting in the revenue loss of Rs 8.40 crore. A total of 45,020 seats cancelled since March 1.