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Apply online to avail concessional bus pass

November 17, 2020

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
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KSRTC resumes inter-State bus services to Tamil Nadu

November 13, 2020

Mysore/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
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KSRTC staff demand payment of salaries

November 12, 2020

Mysore/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…

No special buses for Dasara, says KSRTC Chairman
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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
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Device to check road mishaps planned for KSRTC buses

October 10, 2020

Sleep 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
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No request yet from Dist. Administration to run ‘Dasara Special’ buses

October 8, 2020

By 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
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Teenager’s passion for KSRTC buses

September 21, 2020

By 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
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Don’t penalise passenger tempo owners: MLA

September 19, 2020

Mysore/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
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Two killed as KSRTC bus rams into bike

September 13, 2020

Hunsur: 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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