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Low floor buses to be converted into classrooms?

​Low floor buses for schools
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​Low floor buses for schools
Kerala's transport minister has agreed to provide two low floor buses belonging to the state-run to a government school in Thiruvananthapuram.
​To be converted into classrooms
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​To be converted into classrooms
The purpose: The two low floor KSRTC buses, which were meant to be scrapped, are meant to be converted into two to four classrooms by the school.
​239 buses lying unused
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​239 buses lying unused
KSRTC has around 239 low floor rear-engine buses lying unused in its depots across the state. All are more than 9 years old, and have run more than 5 lakh kilometers.
​All buses to be converted
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​All buses to be converted
The question that now arises is this: will the transport department recycle or convert all of them into classrooms, or will it scrap them as was originally planned?
​A change for students
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​A change for students
As for the children, they might find the low floor buses quite a change from their classrooms. The minister was wondering whether the demand would rise.
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