During the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, KKRTC converted the versatile bus into a mobile clinic with oxygen cylinders, a swab centre, and even a library.
The face of 72-year-old Saroja Madde of Khajuri village, in Aland taluk, lights up every time she talks about the ‘Oxy Bus’ (oxygen equipped bus), introduced as saviours in rural areas by Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC), formerly known as Northeast Karnataka Road Transport Corporation.