Kolkata: Wary of virus, non-city staff of govt buses long for home
(WorldNews India)

Any given day, hundreds of state-run buses can be seen lined up in and around Salt Lake stadium here. Over the past few weeks, the Trinamool Congress administration brought a number of these buses, and their drivers and conductors, from other districts to plug the transport deficit in the capital city. But now that private bus services here are back to normal, these people are desperate to go home. The government requisitioned 200 buses from the South Bengal State Transport Corporation (SBSTC) and 120 from the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC). About 260 drivers and conductors from areas such as Alipurduar, Siliguri, Bankura, and Birbhum have been put up in the stadium...