By Rajkumar Bhavasar I am not a November Kannadiga. I am 365 days, 24×7 Kannadiga and I am proud to be born a Kannadiga,” is the strong message that this man in uniform sends. The man in uniform, who is a bus conductor on route no. 94 K/5 in the KSRTC Mysuru City Bus service,…
Collision between KSRTC buses: Death toll rises to 3
February 9, 2018Mysuru: The death toll in the head-on collision between two KSRTC buses near Shanthagiri estate close to Suntikoppa on Mysuru-Madikeri highway in Kodagu district on Thursday, has risen to three, with the death of a woman passenger of one the buses, at a private hospital in the city in the wee hours of today. The…
Double-decker buses from Mysuru to Bengaluru on cards
December 13, 2017New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has identified five potential routes between Bengaluru-Mangaluru, Bengaluru-Chennai, Bengaluru-Hubballi, Bengaluru-Mysuru and Bengaluru-Hyderabad to run double-decker buses. The Ministry has identified over 70 routes across the country to ply double-decker buses for public transport. It has also announced the double-decker bus code, according to which the…
Mother, son, daughter-in-law perish as KSRTC bus rams into bike
November 16, 2017Yelandur: In a tragic incident, a mother, son and daughter-in-law, died on the spot when a KSRTC bus rammed into the bike on which they were travelling near Yariyuru Cross on National Highway-209 last night. The deceased have been identified as Rajamma (55), her son Satish (25) and daughter-in-law Bindu (21), residents of Yariyuru village…
Innovation needed in bus routes
November 5, 2017Sir, Suggestions to experiment circular bus routes and avoiding central city bus stand in majority of the routes are absolute needs of a growing city. A few have already expressed through this newspaper on the same lines. This suggestion is also with a view to avoid heavy rush of traffic near CBS. I wish to…
KSRTC buses to Mysore Airport
November 4, 2017Mysuru: In order to facilitate the air passengers, who fly out of Mysore Airport, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has arranged bus service from various locations in city. The buses will ply from L&T via Infosys, Hebbal, Vontikoppal, Railway Station and City Bus Stand and reach Mysore Airport. The bus will leave L&T at…
Unfriendly KSRTC staff?
October 26, 2017Sir, It is a matter of regret that the KSRTC, rather its staff, look down upon the student-pass holders nowadays, restricting their travel to few specified buses only, rather than allow to commute in its entire fleet. This looks an utter discrimination. Is it because students avail concessional rates? Well, it is not a favour,…
School boy loses leg, KSRTC conductor, driver blamed
October 25, 2017Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old school boy lost his left foot when one of the wheels of the city bus he was trying to board yesterday crushed his foot when he fell off the bus. It is alleged that the accident occurred because of the negligence of the bus conductor and the driver….
Conductor on duty dies of cardiac arrest
October 15, 2017Kollegal: A KSRTC Conductor died of cardiac arrest while on duty yesterday. The deceased Conductor has been identified as Pradeep Kumar (30), a resident of Mamballi in Yalandur taluk. Pradeep who was on duty on a bus bound for Kurubanakatte from Kollegal, collapsed when the bus reached Jakkalli near Kurubanakatte. Though he was being rushed…
Reckless and impatient driving by KSRTC drivers
October 3, 2017Sir, Indeed our KSRTC has a very skilled fleet of drivers who have proved their ability to drive along some of the most challenging roads in and out of Karnataka. But as I have noticed and heard from many people, the bus drivers of KSRTC (Suvarna Karnataka Sarige and Airavat) are highly impatient on highways…















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