Kochi, Tuesday, March 09, 2010: A Low floor AC Volvo bus suffered heavy damages after it collided with a private bus here.

The mishap occurred today morning when the private bus abruptly stopped to board a commuter the KSRTC Volvo bus plying between Fort Kochi and Nedumbassery Airport which was coming behind rammed into the private bus cracking two of its window panes.

Authorities said, it would cost at least a lakh to replace the window panes

However, no casualties were reported.

The much-awaited Volvo low-floor bus service in the city was started in December. Seven of the 50 low-floor automatic Volvo buses earmarked for Kochi under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme were flagged off in December.