Hyderabad, July 27 -- The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) is currently facing a conductor shortage, forcing the agency to cancel trips worth 3.34 lakh kilometres in the last four months.

People in the villages have especially been left in the lurch due to the conductor shortage, according to a report by the Times of India. And while the buses are available, with no conductors, the distance travelled.

"TGSRTC is currently short of hundreds of conductors, resulting in buses remaining parked at depots despite demand for services," a TGSRTC official told TOI.

He also said that the impact of the crunch is being felt in almost all the districts, particularly in tribal and remote areas where public transport is often the o...