chennai aiadmk general secretary edappadi k palaniswami said the dmk government is making attempts to privatise state transport services he said the number of buses have been reduced after the government announced free travel for womenin a statement on friday eps said the dmk government is functioning like a tughlaq darbar doing everything in haste and then withdrawing them the state has never seen such an administration he saidtransport is a services department and if its running in losses the government should provide adequate financial assistance to revive it the aiadmk provided thousands of crores for the transport corporation he said but the dmk has not purchased new buses even after 24 months of coming to power on april 29 and 30 the koyambedu bus stand was overflowing with passengers and there was no minister or officials to monitor the situationon may 3 the tenkasi district collector said buses to villages were being stopped since the government incurred heavy losses after giving free travel to womenthe governments actions seem to be a move to privatise the transport service and the aiadmk will not be a mute spectator of this antipeople move he saidammk general secretary ttv dhinakaran also tweeted that the public were affected due to lack of adequate bus services this summer he said that the government should come forward to rectify the problems in the transport corporation purchase new buses and fill up vacancies without further delay