Kerala Roadways Ltd or KRS is a company engaged in the transportation of goods and parcels. KRS budded way back in 1962 with Mr. V.K. Moidu Hajee starting three branches as a proprietary concern in Madras, Calicut and Ernakulam. Initially, the major clients were retail traders in Calicut and Ernakulam, as at that time, there was a desperate need to bridge the gap between Madras and the major cities in Kerala for easier transportation of goods and parcels. KRS turned this requirement into a reality and a quick transport service from Madras was made possible without any transhipment points en route to the above cities. The approval by the Indian Bank Association in 1976 came in as a major turning point in the company’s growth. Ensuing this, the big industries that were previously sceptical in adding KRS to their list of cargo carriers started utilising the services of the company. This in turn led to tremendous improvement after 1976. In 1978, with the advent of CP Kunhi Mohammed as partner, the proprietary concern was converted into a partnership with the same name. In 1981 a new company, Kerala Roadways (P) Ltd was incorporated to take over the assets and liabilities of the existing firm. In 1988 under the provision of Section 40A (Turnover clause) in accordance with the Amendment of the Companies Act, KRS became a deemed public limited company.