Latest


MSRTC suspends bus services to Karnataka after attack on driver

  •   Sun, Feb 23 2025 08:19:31 AM

Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai

Mumbai, Feb 23: Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik on Saturday ordered the suspension of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus services to Karnataka after an MSRTC bus was attacked by pro-Kannada activists.

According to Sarnaik, the incident took place on Friday night when a bus traveling from Bengaluru to Mumbai was targeted near Belagavi. The attackers allegedly blackened the face of driver Bhaskar Jadhav and assaulted him.

Condemning the incident, the minister stated that bus services would not resume until the Karnataka government clarifies its stance on the matter.

Following his directive, MSRTC CPRO Abhijit Bhosale announced the indefinite suspension of all state transport (ST) buses from Kolhapur to Karnataka to ensure the safety of passengers and employees.

In the Belagavi and Chikkodi divisions, the North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) operates 90 and 125 buses, respectively, towards Maharashtra, while MSRTC runs 20 buses in Belagavi and 70 in Chikkodi.

The incident comes amid rising tensions along the Maharashtra-Karnataka border. Recently, a Karnataka transport bus conductor was assaulted for not responding in Marathi near Belagavi.

 
  

Top Stories

St Cecily’s School’s 66 years of excellence - Admissions open for 2025-'26

  •   4 hours ago   

Leave a Comment

Title: MSRTC suspends bus services to Karnataka after attack on driver



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.

You might also like