Hassan: Alleging that bus operators of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) were harassing students with passes by not allowing them to board buses, the Leaders of various organisations staged a protest here.

Addressing the protest, Bidre Kaval Mahesh said that if the students go to board the bus at the bus stand in the Town, they are looked at indifferently. This is causing problems to school and college students. In addition, drivers and conductors need to change their behaviour. There has been an increase in the number of hooligans at the station, he alleged.

“Women and girls are not protected from the menace of private vehicles. He alleged that when the students go to board the bus, the conductors were misbehaving with the children,” he alleged.