KANJIRAPPALLY: The KSRTC driver, who was scolded by the minister for not removing plastic bottles from the bus and was subsequently transferred, collapsed while driving the bus. The driver at Ponkunnam depot, Jaimon Joseph, fell ill and collapsed. Jaimon, who was taken to Kanjirappally General Hospital, was admitted to Kottayam Medical College Hospital for specialist treatment.

The transfer of employees including Jaimon, to Thrissur, was temporarily frozen after a controversy arose. Jaimon collapsed after it was later announced that the transfer had not been canceled. The incident took place at Poothakuzhy in Kanjirappally while he was operating on the Mundakkayam-Pala route.

On the morning of the 1st, Minister KB Ganesh Kumar stopped the bus and scolded the driver after seeing drinking

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