Bengaluru: After Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa launched an innovative OxyBus service to aid Covid-19 patients on May 11, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has come up with an idea of introducing ICU-on-Wheels, equipped with ventilators, ECG machines and other equipment. KSRTC officials said in rural areas, travelling to hospital may take more than…
KSRTC ready to run ‘oxygen on wheels’ buses in all districts, if sponsors come forward
May 17, 2021Bengaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is ready to operate ‘oxygen on wheels’ in all districts if Non- Governmental Organisations (NGO), health related organisations, voluntary organisations and hospitals come forward to sponsor oxygen equipment, said Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, who is also the Transport Minister. He said all the four Transport Corporations (KSRTC,…
Government to hold meeting with KSRTC Union tomorrow
May 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Following a High Court direction, the Government will hold a meeting with Federation of Karnataka State Transport Corporations at the KSRTC’s head office at Shantinagar in Bengaluru tomorrow (May 3). The Chief Labour Welfare Officer of KSRTC has written to the Federation President, asking five office-bearers of the Federation to attend a meeting at…
Exodus 2.0: Migrants, students vacate city
April 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru witnessed another round of exodus today — after the first one in 2020 — following the State Government’s announcement of a two-week COVID Curfew from tonight due to surge in virus infection. While the KSRTC has announced extra buses, the exodus has led to concerns that the pandemic may also hit villages. As…
Dearth of passengers forces KSRTC to ply few buses
April 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Days after transport employees returned to work ending their 15-day strike on Apr. 21, the KSRTC is now facing dearth of passengers following the imposition of weekend curfew and enforcement of other severe restrictions to control the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which is causing havoc across the country. Although the KSRTC authorities…
No commuters at Bus Stands and Railway Station
April 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Despite KSRTC resuming its operations in full after its employees called off their indefinite strike late Wednesday last and subsequently returned to work on Thursday, there were less number of passengers at both the City and Sub-Urban Bus Stands this morning. Thanks to the strict restrictions on public movement imposed by the Government as…
Transport employees’ strike ends
April 22, 2021Bengaluru: The indefinite strike called by employees of the four State-run Road Transport Corporations- KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC, seeking fulfilment of their demands, ended on the fifteenth day of the strike yesterday, a day after the Karnataka High Court observed that it was not the right time for any strike, with the country reeling…
KSRTC bus services register improvement after HC’s observation
April 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Karnataka High Court (HC) observed that it was probably the worst time for transport strike, Government bus services in the city and district saw a marked improvement this morning even as the indefinite strike launched by the employees of the four State-run Transport Coporations entered the fifteenth day today. On…
KSRTC City Bus service returns to near normal
April 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the indefinite strike launched by the employees of the four State-run Road Transport Corporations (RTCs) – KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC and NEKRTC seeking fulfilment of their various demands entered the fourteenth day today, City Bus services returned to near normal this morning, with the operation of over 220 buses in the first shift….
Private bus owners and drivers stage protest against plying of more KSRTC buses
April 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that KSRTC authorities were operating more buses in violation of the agreement entered into following the launch of indefinite strike by KSRTC employees on Apr.7, private bus owners and drivers staged a demonstration at Doddakere Maidan on Sunday. Claiming that they were suffering losses due to the drop in passenger occupancy following increased…















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