At the Singanallur bus station in Coimbatore, passengers are irate due to the lengthy bus delay

A sizable contingent of travelers congregated in front of the Singanallur bus stop in Coimbatore on Friday morning, expressing dissatisfaction with the insufficient bus services, particularly to the districts of Madurai and Theni. On election day, many passengers who had arrived at the Dharapuram bus terminal in Tiruppur also found that there were insufficient services to the southern areas.

Passengers said that they had been waiting for more than two hours at the Singanallur bus terminal and that not a single bus left from there to go to the southern parts of the State. Police broke up the angry passengers’ attempt to stage a sit-in at the bus stop around 10.30 a.m.

According to the police, on Thursday night, busses had gone for Madurai and Theni. Large crowd caused traffic to stop for almost twenty minutes. According to police sources, they got in touch with TNSTC representatives, who set up the bus for the next hour. The cops promised to set up more buses as well.

Around 6:00 a.m., a sizable group of people gathered at the Dharapuram bus stop, according to reports. They said they were from the districts of Ramanathapuram, Pudukkottai, Madurai, and Dindigul. Similar situations occurred in Palladam and Kangeyam when people had to wait for buses for many hours. Passengers reported waiting more than three hours at Palladam for a bus on the Coimbatore-Madurai route. Numerous people were waiting for buses to Tiruchi, Kumbakonam, and Thanjavur city at Kangeyam.

Police tackle a furious passenger

A customer who questioned the bus delay was allegedly subjected to physical abuse by a police officer. A group of authorities led by DySP (Dharapuram) S Kalaiarasan reportedly arrived at the scene and attempted to calm the throng, according to reports. A few passengers addressed the cops as things got out of hand and started arguing with him. In response to the charge, DySP said, “It was just a disagreement with other passengers.” One traveler took the event too personally. He was unharmed.