KSRTC buses to Ooty cancelled due to heavy rains

Team Udayavani, Aug 16, 2018, 4:42 PM IST

Bengaluru: Buses from Chamarajanagar to Ooty, Gudalur and parts of Kerala, were cancelled on Thursday owing to landslides and heavy rain enroute. 

KSRTC officials said landslides were noticed between Ooty and Gudalur. Relief operations have commenced. 

Buses from Chamarajnagar towards Ooty and Calicut stand cancelled, KSRTC officials said.  

As many as 13 buses headed to Ooty and seven buses to Calicut, all from Chamarajnagar division, were cancelled. 

KSRTC operations towards Calicut, Kannanore, Kasaragod, Mangaluru buses were also suspended due to landslides and heavy rains on Wednesday. 

There was a huge road block caused a huge traffic jam. As many as 10 KSRTC buses were stuck in the jam for nearly three hours.