Kasargod: Not wanting to be left behind, the Private Bus Owners’ Association in Kasargod came forward to lend a helping hand to Kerala on account of the flood mishap, with a novel way of collecting funds for the noble cause. 

Around 450 private buses ply in the district. It was decided that tickets would not be collected from the passengers on Thursday, August 30 as part of ‘Karunya Yatre’. Instead, the conductor would pass across a bucket to collect funds, which would be handed over to the DC. Along with the wages of the employees, the ticket collection amount was to be offered to the Kerala Chief Minister’s flood relief fund.

Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Sajith Babu, set the ‘Karunya Yaatre’ going, during a programme held in the Kasargod New Bus Stand. Transportation officer K. Abdul Shakoor, DySP Sukumaran, President of the Press Club T.A. Shafi, district secretary of the committee Satyan Poochakkad, District President N.M Hussainer, Secretary C.A Mohammed Kunhi, Treasurer Shankar Naik, P.M Sripathi, Husainer, Taranath, N.M. Mohammed, K.Balan, Ibrahim, Basheer, Saleem, Rajan and other bus owners were present.