Mysore/Mysuru: Issuance of student bus pass has been made online from current year in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, students need not stand in a serpentine queue in front of the counters to get the passes as this job has been entrusted to College authorities. They can also download application, fill it up, submit…
KSRTC resumes inter-State bus services to Tamil Nadu
November 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After an eight-month hiatus, the KSRTC has resumed bus services to the neighbouring State of Tamil Nadu from yesterday. On the first day of resumption of bus service on Thursday, the KSRTC operated nine buses to Coimbatore, six to Ooty and one to Tiruppur. Today, the KSRTC started operating trips to Erode and Chennai…
KSRTC staff demand payment of salaries
November 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The KSRTC Employees Union has urged the Government to release funds for meeting the salaries of employees for the month of October, before Diwali festival. In a press release, the Union President Mallaiah said that about 1.20 lakh employees and 25,000 contract workers are serving in the four State Transport Corporations (KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC…
Bus services temporarily suspended from City Bus Stand to H.D. Kote Hand Post
October 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru KSRTC Rural Division Traffic Controller has temporarily suspended bus services from City Bus Stand to H.D. Kote Hand Post. According to reports, KSRTC has been incurring losses of up to Rs. 56.59 per km and hence has temporarily suspended bus services from City Bus Stand to H.D. Kote Hand Post with immediate effect….
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…
Device to check road mishaps planned for KSRTC buses
October 10, 2020Sleep detectors to alert drivers if they doze off while driving and apply brakes automatically Bengaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is planning to install a gadget which will alert the driver behind the wheels and apply the brake automatically if any vehicle or individual suddenly comes before the bus. This was disclosed by…
No request yet from Dist. Administration to run ‘Dasara Special’ buses
October 8, 2020By Shyam Sundar Vattam Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is waiting for an official communication either from the District Administration or from the Dasara Executive Committee regarding operating special buses during Dasara which will kickstart on Oct.17. The State Government is awaiting reply from the Union Government to its special plea to…
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…
Don’t penalise passenger tempo owners: MLA
September 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda has asked KSRTC authorities not to penalise tempo owners who have been ferrying passengers from Yelwal to city daily. The MLA’s ‘direction’ comes following an appeal from tempo owners who complained of fines levied by KSRTC authorities. A delegation of tempo drivers and owners met the MLA who had come…
Two killed as KSRTC bus rams into bike
September 13, 2020Hunsur: Two persons were killed when a speeding KSRTC bus reportedly rammed into the bike they were riding near Yashodhapura village on Hunsur Road in city last night. The deceased are Shivaraj Gowda (30) and Karthik (20), both residents of Yashodhapura village. According to the complaint lodged at Hunsur Rural Police Station, the KSRTC bus…














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