Report and pic by Vinay Pais
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)

Kundapur, Jun 30: Byndoor, a growing town in the taluk, had long been deprived of a proper bus stnd. The long-felt need of the citizens of Byndoor and surrounding villages has at last been met, with the operationalising of a newly-built bus stand here.

Yadthare gram panchayat which administers Byndoor town, has built a spacious bus stand at Byndoor. A meeting attended by the bus owners, representatives of local people and Karnataka Rakshana Vedike as also government officials recently, agreed to utilize the services the bus stand properly. The Regional Transport Officer has, through an order, recognized this bus stand and asked all the buses plying on Byndoor route to enter the new bus stand without fail. The woes of the commuters here, who hitherto had to stand by the roadside without shelter and facilities, have ended.

Important persons who attended the meeting were Udupi zilla panchayat president Raju Poojary, Yadtare gram panchayat member Krishna Devadiga, Bus Owners' Association Kundapur regional unit president Sabladi Manjaiah Shetty, taluk panchayat member Bhasker Devadiga, KSRTC official Nagaraj Bhat, KSRTC depot manager Nanda Kumar, Rickshaw Owners Association president Suresh Bantwadi, Byndoor Railway Station Struggle Committee working president Venkatesh Kini, Byndoor police circle inspector Basheer Ahmed etc.