Bengaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has taken a major decision to cancel the trip if there are shortage of passengers in the far-flung areas. Due to continuous price hike in diesel, State Road Transport Corporations have suffered a total loss of Rs. 1,121 crore. Some of the toughest decisions have been made in…
Mysore/Mysuru: After a four-month gap due to the second wave of attack of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the Mysuru Rural Division of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) resumed operations to Tamil Nadu this morning. Mysuru Rural KSRTC Divisional controller K. Srinivas told ‘Star of Mysore’ that 12 buses have plied to various destinations in…
Bengaluru: In a bid to augment revenues and to help the horticulture farmers take their produce faster to markets, the KSRTC will soon deploy its fleet of Air Conditioned (AC) buses for the purpose. The KSRTC, which is reeling under losses due to COVID-19 pandemic, is looking at newer avenues for revenue generation. Now it…
Virajpet: The driver of the KSRTC Ambari Bus was killed on the spot, while the passengers escaped with minor injuries after the bus hit a roadside tree here yesterday. The deceased is Swamy (43), son of Raju and a resident of Kolathur in T. Narasipur taluk. Details: The KSRTC Ambari Bus (KA-40-F-1180) left for Kerala…
Mysore/Mysuru: A few occupants of a car suffered minor injuries, when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary KSRTC Bus from behind on KRS Road yesterday evening. The front portion of the car has been badly damaged in the accident. Yesterday at about 6 pm, the KSRTC bus, proceeding to KRS…
Covid negative report mandatory for passengers Bengaluru: After remaining suspended for over two months owing to Covid-induced lockdown, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Monday resumed its bus services to Kerala. However, the passengers need to produce their Covid-19 negative report before boarding the bus, as per a State Government order. In the…
Mysore/Mangaluru: To treat patients from rural areas, Sarige Suraksha, ‘ICU-on-wheels’ service arrived at KSRTC depot in Mangaluru’s BC Road. Built in-house by the KSRTC at an estimated cost of Rs. 10 lakh, the ICU-on-wheels is the second such effort by KSRTC to pitch in during the pandemic. The ICU-on-wheels had arrived for the first time…
Mysore/Mysuru: The much-touted Intelligent Transport System (ITS) that Mysuru implemented in 2012 to bring in the much-needed efficiency and safety in public transport service is defunct now and a victim of an unintelligent or call it negligent and callous approach. However, the authorities of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) cite a COVID excuse to…
Gundlupet: Forty passengers, who were coming down the Gopalaswamy Hill after visiting the temple atop the hill, had a miraculous escape after the KSRTC bus in which they were coming down the hill slipped into a roadside ditch atop the hill yesterday. The KSRTC bus was ferrying the devotees to the foot of the hill,…
Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 crisis easing in the past few days, the KSRTC will resume its inter-State bus services to Kerala from July 12. In a press release, the KSRTC Chief Traffic Manager at Bengaluru said that bus services to different destinations in Kerala from Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Tumakuru etc., will resume from July 12. However,…
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