Partial operation of Solar bus stand bothers public

ERODE Residents of Lakkapuram urged the district administration to fully operationalise new bus stand at Solar and open the new vegetable and fruit market complex for public use. In a petition submitted to District Collector S. Kandasamy at the Collectorate on Thursday (November 12), they said the 20-acre bus stand had been built in response to a long-standing demand of the people of Erode district.

However, it was yet to become fully operational. While Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses to southern districts, including Karur, Tiruchi and Madurai, and services via Vellakovil were being operated from the new bus stand, private buses were yet to be shifted there, they said. They also pointed out that buses to Coimbatore, Salem, Namakkal, Gobichettipalayam, Mettur and Palani were not being operated from the facility.

The residents urged the Collector to arrange at least one bus an hour to each of these destinations and ensure that private buses also operated from the new bus stand.