SETC - KSRTC

Last week I went to Coimbatore from Salem. We had an appointment at 12:30 pm. By the time we finished our breakfast in Saravana Bhavan - opp to MGR Central Bus Stand (the new name of Salem New Bus Stand) and reached the platform, there were two buses ready, one dabba SETC bus and a comparitively very good condition Salem Corporation bus. The SETC bus was actually destined to Ernakulam, so we thought that it would go faster, so we got into that bus. But hopeless it was. Pick-up was too poor. When it slows down, it takes almost 30 to 45 seconds to reach back its original speed. Before that something else will come infront or it happened that most
of the time, our bus followed some other vehicle in the front. Boss, you need a good pick up to overtake. One more important thing to observe here is that, almost till Avinashi, there were only 10 people in the bus including the driver and conductor. By the time it reached Avinashi, the Salem corporation bus had overtaken us. It always happens, as someone said, whenever there is 50-50 chance of choosing something right, in 90% of the cases you will choose the wrong one. While coming back, while boarding, I asked "Eppo bus eduppinga?". The driver without turning back, "apparam edhukku start panni vachirukkom?" replied. The drivers/conductors always get tensed when you ask "When will the bus reach the destination?"

Ok I deviated from the point. Coming back.... The SETC buses are far inferior quality when compared to KSRTC, their Karnataka counterparts. It is hightime that the SETC Authorities think of some rennovation/innovation in their administration.