Hyderabad, Oct. 12 -- "Kondapur, Hitech. Kondapur, Hitech" - Balaiah has been calling out the two names for a while, his voice carrying across the Secunderabad bus station. The 50-year-old conductor of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) is trying to fill the 10H, one of the corporation's new night buses. With him is the driver, Ramalingam Swami. Neither of them is in a hurry, as they wait for the next train.

When it pulls into Secunderabad Railway Station, the passengers who step out walk towards the bus station, and some of them climb aboard. Within five minutes, the 10H is full. It is 11.25 pm.

The 10H runs between Secunderabad and Kondapur. It passes through the Begumpet-Ameerpet stretch and goes into the IT corr...