KSRTC should have social responsibility

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Students' concession in private and ksrtc  buses is an age-old practice and the ending of it is unacceptable. A report, therefore, in this direction submitted to  chief minister Pinarayi Vijyan by KSRTC MD Tomin J Thachankary, is out of the ordinary. A bureaucrat has no right to place proposals on policy matters.

It is a part of government committment not to increase concession ticket rates of students even though private bus operators continue demanding for a hike in it. Perhaps the ksrtc MD had a closed door meeting with the private bus operators.

Terminating students' concession is not an option  to save KSRTC from the financial crisis. There should be other tangible  measures to cut short the expenses. The. KSRTC and other government estatishments should not forget their social responsibility.

K A Solaman