Mandya: The private bus named ‘Rajkumar’ which plunged into Visvesvaraya Canal at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk of the district, cutting short the lives of 30 passengers, was a 18-year old bus, which had outlived its road fitness.
The bus, having Mangaluru registration, operated for 15 years on Mangaluru-Udupi, changing ownership 8 times in this span, before it was ultimately sold to a person in Mandya.






