Our country has completed 75 years since gaining independence. At this moment, we are achieving various milestones in the transport sector.
On one hand, we are moving toward bullet trains. On the other hand, there is still the sorrowful story of many villagers waiting with their eyes fixed on the road for a bus.
The people of the villages of Vazhvarmangalam, Thennagar, Chinnamanayakkanpatti, Veerasingampatti, and Kumarakkavundanur, under Kadavur Union in Karur district, are suffering without bus facilities. In each village, around 100 to 150 families live.
Many school and college students, as well as working people, have to travel out of the village every day. Even after submitting petitions to the authorities many times, they are only told, “It will come... it will come.” Only one private mini bus serves this village. To catch a government bus, they have to walk about 3 kilometers every day to a place called “Othakkadai.”
As a result, students are getting late to school and college, and when they return home, they are seen walking tiredly with their schoolbags. The expectation of these people is that the buses coming from Veerappur and the buses coming from Thogaimalai should enter and pass through their villages. Before the Tamil Nadu government’s Transport Department moves all buses toward the “AC BUS” scheme, it should ensure a “town bus” service for all villages. We must understand that villages are the backbone of India, and that India’s life and prosperity lie in its villages.
Speaking about this, Dharampatti Government Arts College student Mohan Kumar said,
"We walk 3 kilometers every day just to catch the bus. Because of this, we end up getting late to school and college, and when we return, we are tired and have to carry our bags. For competitions, when we go to other colleges and come back, someone from home has to bring a vehicle and pick us up.

Even after submitting petitions many times, nothing has happened. Last time, it was under the arrangements of Dr. Divya, who contested the Assembly election on behalf of the AIADMK, that a private mini bus was introduced. If this bus is operated only in the morning, we have to go all the way to Othakadai to catch a town bus. If the buses coming from Veerapur pass through our village route, it would be useful for school-going children and for those going for daily wage work. Even though the roads are in good condition, there is no bus service. Recently, the Transport Minister has said that AC buses will be operated across Tamil Nadu... First, the authorities should make arrangements for a regular government bus to come to our village and go back. The government must resolve this issue on a war footing," he said.