The North Western Karnataka Highway Transport Company (NWKRTC) on Wednesday drew public ire after passengers travelling from Doni to Gadag flagged Karnataka’s state-run bus tickets bearing the logo of Maharashtra Highway Transport Company ‘Maharashtra Rajya Parivahan’.
The brand additionally carried a tagline stating ‘Jai Maharashtra’ that triggered a protest by the members of a pro-Kannada activists’ group in Gadag, even because the state authorities promised that disciplinary motion can be taken in opposition to the transport officers of Gadag depot for ‘dereliction of obligation’.
The passengers alerted the native activists and transport officers, after which the bus tickets with Maharashtra’s state emblem went viral on social media.
Nonetheless, after the problem got here to mild, the NWKRTC that caters to the northwestern districts of Karnataka withdrew the 70 ticket rolls meant for the route between Doni in Mundaragi taluk and Gadag.
An official with the NWKRTC advised IE.com {that a} single company prints the ticket rolls for the three states of Karnataka, Telangana and Maharashtra. “There will need to have been a mistake whereas distributing the rolls whereby the Gadag depot obtained ticket rolls belonging to Maharashtra. We’ve got directed the division controller of Gadag depot to provoke disciplinary motion in opposition to these chargeable for this case.”
Ashok Chandargi, president of Belagavi District Kannada Organisation Motion Committee, stated that linguistic rigidity in districts bordering Maharashtra state is at all times excessive. “Controversies like these come at a time when many pro-Kannada teams are gearing as much as rejoice Kannada Rajyotsava (Karnataka Formation Day) on November 1. The problem figured as a result of carelessness of the conductor and the depot officers that led to the problem of tickets carrying Maharashtra’s emblem. The tickets have been distributed to 1000’s of passengers already.”