Udupi private bus operator stops services following owner’s death; hundreds put to hardship

Hundreds of wide public, including PUC students successful distant areas astir Mandarthi and Hebri successful Udupi territory were enactment to large hardship arsenic Sri Lakshmi Express, a backstage autobus service, stopped operations pursuing its owner’s decease connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026).

Nonagenarian M. Vittal Shetty founded Sri Lakshmi Express, and operated retired of Mandarthi. Following his decease connected March 17, a fewer societal media posts announced that the buses operated by him would beryllium disconnected the roads that day.