THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former transport minister K Sankaranarayana Pillai died here Tuesday. He was 78. He was the transport minister in the Nayanar Cabinet from 1987 to 1991. Although Pillai who collapsed at his house Monday night at 11.30 pm was rushed to Nedumangad District Hospital, his life could not be saved.
His body has been shifted to the mortuary of Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital. He leaves behind his wife Girija and children Ashwathy Shankar and Ambili Shankar and sons-in-law Vishakh and Shyam Narayanan.