Mananthavadi: KSRTC operated bus service without a conductor for a distance of 7 km. The town-to-town bus that operated from Mananthavadi to Kozhikode at 10 am ran full of passengers without a conductor till the sixth mile. After being informed by the passengers, the driver stopped the bus.
Then contacted Mananthavadi depot. The service continued after the arrival of the conductor who was at Mananthavadi bus stand. When it was time to leave Mananthavadi, one of the passengers rang the bell and the driver started the journey with the bus. It was full of passengers and didn’t even know that there was no conductor.
The conductor came to know that the bus had left when he reached the place where the bus was stopped at the stand. Immediately, the female conductor ran after the bus from the bus stand to the Mananthavadi police station. The driver was called on the phone but did not pick up the phone during the run.
By the time the bus stopped on the roadside, the conductor had arrived in an auto from Mananthavadi. There was also a loss of income as it ran seven kilometers without a conductor. KSRTC has started an investigation into who was at fault in the incident.
