With their hopes of schools reopening dashed due to the massive rise in coronavirus infections in the city, school bus owners are staring at another year of huge loss and uncertainty. In their efforts to stay united in tackling the challenge, many have appealed to their fraternity to share their troubles with their representatives so voices can be raised, especially to ease the pressure of bank loans by requesting more time to repay.

As the COVID pandemic has forced schools to stay closed for the longest time, it has also brought in unspeakable miseries for the school bus owners. While they have been raising their voices for almost a year now, there has been no resolution. The School Bus Owners Association met with the Governor of Maharashtra on Wednesday with their issues and submitted their demands.