Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant move towards enforcing traffic discipline, all Government vehicles, including KSRTC buses, are now being held accountable for violating traffic rules. Previously, it was common to see these vehicles openly flouting traffic regulations. However, a new wave of AI-based Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras installed across Mysuru and Bengaluru, as well…
Paucity of funds, demand for more buses: KSRTC enters era of refurbished buses
July 21, 2024100 old buses have been restored in Mysuru, more buses to be restored in the coming days Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has introduced an eco-friendly and cost-effective initiative to refurbish old buses with engines in good condition instead of purchasing new ones. The Corporation, which has already refurbished 100 old buses,…
Power Up For Shakti: 50 new KSRTC buses to join city fleet
June 3, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Following an overwhelming response to Shakti scheme that offers a free ride for women in KSRTC buses, Mysuru district, the home turf of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has been allotted over 50 new buses. The buses, painted in sky blue and white colours, are gradually being added to the existing fleet in KSRTC City Division…
KSRTC Mysuru Division to add 60 buses
March 9, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With Shakti scheme of the State Government driving more women towards KSRTC buses for free bus rides, the State Government has decided to procure 6,000 new buses. KSRTC, Mysuru Division has submitted a proposal for 60 buses to cater to the surge in demand. Ever since the launch of the scheme in July last,…
Shakti effect: KSRTC Mysuru seeks 120 more buses
June 28, 2023Existing fleet of buses falling short to cater to huge demand; buses operating in 100 percent occupancy Mysore/Mysuru: With a massive increase in the number of women travelling in KSRTC buses after the State Government launched Shakti scheme that provides free travel for women, KSRTC Mysuru Division has asked the Government for 120 additional buses….
Pickpockets, vanity bag thieves at bus stands under Police scanner
June 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With a steep increase in the number of women travelling in KSRTC buses after the launch of ‘Shakti’ scheme, Police have pulled up their socks on the safety front. Police and Home Guards deployed at KSRTC Sub-Urban and City Bus Stand are keeping a vigil on pickpockets, vanity bag thieves and petty thieves who…
Condemned KSRTC buses sent to scrap
March 28, 2021Majority of them are Marco Polo buses 17 scrapped yesterday; another 100 buses in waiting Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), Mysuru Division has scrapped 17 buses, a majority of them are Marco Polo, known for low-mileage and high-cost maintenance buses. Recently, the City Division had condemned 65 buses as they found them…
No special buses for Dasara, says KSRTC Chairman
October 12, 2020• Mysuru KSRTC Divisions to be merged • Construction workers and labourers to get free bus pass Mysore/Mysuru: KSRTC Chairman M. Chandrappa said that the two Divisions of the District — Mysuru Rural and Urban — will be merged as a cost control measure. Addressing his first press meet in Mysuru after taking over as…
Teenager’s passion for KSRTC buses
September 21, 2020By S.B. Devaraj Mysore/Mysuru: With the State-run KSRTC buses ferrying lakhs of passengers every day, here is the story of a teenaged boy of the city who has come up with a variety of models of the buses, after developing a passion towards them. Prajwal Gowda, a 16-year-old First PU student of the city, is…
Two held for stealing batteries from KSRTC buses
March 6, 2019Mysuru: Vijayanagar Police have arrested two persons on charges of stealing batteries from old and unused buses parked at the KSRTC Bus Depot in Vijayanagar here. The accused have been identified as Ravi and Kumar. The duo, along with another person, was stealing the batteries on Sunday which was noticed by Security Guard Manjunath. On…
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