The rift between Transport Minister KB Ganeshkumar and former Minister Anthony Raju has become public. At that time, Anthony Raju came out publicly. He said that the new electric buses are his baby. I don't know if it is the second father who is coming to Flagoff. It was announced that the program will be held at Putharikand. Later, it was shifted to Vattiyoorkau constituency. There is no problem in not being invited to the program. He said that he was happy. An hour before the inauguration, Antony Raju visited the bus.
At the same time, the Congress workers' organization TDF of KSRTC came to the scene in support of Ganeshkumar's argument. The argument that electric bus is profitable is wrong. The price of an electric bus will be 94 lakhs. When the money is paid back in 15 years, it will be 1.34 crore rupees per bus. 95 lakh rupees in 15 years just to change the battery. There is a cost. According to the management estimate, the daily arrival of a bus is Rs 6,026 and the cost is Rs 4,753. The cost does not include the return of the bus and the cost of changing the battery. These costs are borne by KSRTC and the profit goes to SWIFT. TDF President M Vincent MLA said that it is a mystery that this has been hidden.
