Demand for smaller buses gaining ground in Kerala
The Hindu
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The dwindling prospects of the public-transport bus sector in Kerala, owing chiefly to high fuel prices and the pandemic, has resulted in bus operators preferring smaller buses having capacity of up to 35 seats that are more fuel-efficient than their 45-seat counterparts, which were once high in demand.
It is feared that this will in turn further lessen the scope of stage-carriage buses whose number has already fallen from 35,000 about two decades ago to around 12,000. Stakeholders say the steep fall in the number of buses and the marked preference for smaller ones could spell doom for the sector, unless the government stepped in with remedial measures.
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