KSRTC/NWKRTC/NEKRTC -Updates & Developments [Archive] - Page 7

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2012, 02:59 PM

Only people want KSRTC: R Ashoka
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Only-people-want-KSRTC-R-Ashoka/articleshow/11683416.cms)
Jaideep Shenoy, TNN | Jan 30, 2012, 11.33AM IST

MANGALORE: Will this coastal city witness nationalisation of routes and entry of state-owned KSRTC into city and mofussil services? Not likely if one goes by observation of R Ashoka, minister for transport. His reason for this is simple: "While there is tremendous support from people for introduction of KSRTC city services after the success that our Volvo City service has generated, the elected representatives here are not willing to take a call on it."

A candid Ashoka told STOI that KSRTC is meeting resistance from all sides - be it from local elected representatives, officials, courts and even the local bus operators. "Only people are with us," Ashoka says, adding that this was amplified when KSRTC launched Volvo City Service from Mangalore to Manipal and Kasargod respectively. "The turnout of people for this event at short notice was the highest ever in the history of KSRTC," Ashoka said.

Barring VS Acharya, minister for higher education, who is also the district in-charge minister for Udupi, there has been little encouragement from other elected representatives to KSRTC operating services in the coastal districts that is dominated by private operators, Ashoka said. "They keep asking me to defer any decision citing one election or the other," he said, adding this could have to do with need to keep their local constituents happy.

Advocating need to give the choice to the people to decide on which service is better - those offered by KSRTC or the private operators, Ashoka lamented that despite being a state owned entity, KSRTC has to move the local RTA seeking permits to operate on any route. "The private operators move the courts at the slightest hint of trouble and the existing DM notification barring entry of buses to SBI terminus area is affecting us," Ashoka opined.

DC NS Channappa Gowda, chairman of RTA said the DM notification of 1992 could not be relaxed or withdrawn given that density of vehicles entering the central business district area of the city was too high. DC however assured Ashoka that RTA would take considered view of any application that KSRTC would move to start services outside the DM notified area. "I will personally come to inaugurate it once the RTA approves our permit," Ashoka noted.

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2012, 03:00 PM

M'lore: Nationalization of Routes - Minister Ashok Blames People's Representatives
(http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=128604)

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Jan 30: State transport minister R Ashok said that the popular demand for nationalization of routes in Dakshina Kannad and Udupi districts, and the aim of commencing operation of government bus services here, have not yet been met because of non-cooperation of people’s representatives. He was replying to questions posed by reporters during his visit to the city on Saturday January 28.

He said that Volvo bus services run by Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation between Mangalore – Manipal – Kasargod route have got good response from the people, but lamented the fact that these services are of use to the higher strata of the society alone, and not to the poor people.

“Dr V S Acharya has shown some inclination for nationalization of bus routes in the coastal districts. But other peoples’ representatives, government officials, owners of private buses, and courts, have been blocking this under one pretext or the other,” he lamented. He said that the discretion as which mode they want to travel by, should be left to people, and pointed out that stay orders brought against the running of government buses by private bus owners have blocked his efforts. He also said that a notification issued by the deputy commissioner, who also is the district magistrate, which prohibits running of government buses to the bus stand here,is hindering the interests of the people. He felt that the government buses can run from the private bus stand, if the deputy commissioner eases this stricture.

After visiting the private bus stand near State Bank, the minister opined that this bus stand should have been moved out long back. When the reporters told him that the bus stand has been functioning in the hockey ground against the court orders, he wanted to know what the concerned people are doing about it.

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2012, 04:31 PM

Mangalore bus lobby too hot for me to handle: Ashoka

Published: Monday, Jan 30, 2012, 9:56 IST
By M Raghuram | Place: Mangalore | Agency: DNA

State home and transport minister R Ashoka had a tough time when he tried to deal with the private bus lobby of Mangalore, which is known for its arm-twisting and wheeling-dealing techniques.

“Your city’s private bus lobby is too strong and hot for me to handle. Except for higher education minister VS Acharya, none of the other elected representatives were supportive in introducing the KSRTC and mofussil services in Mangalore and Udupi,” Ashoka said.

“I am helpless as most of the political leaders in Mangalore are against the launch of KSRTC services,” he said.
He said that he did not know the reason behind this. “But I feel sorry for the commuters of Mangalore and Udupi because they have to put up with the one-upmanship of the private bus lobby,” he said.

“Here, KSRTC is treated like an outsider and the buses have been banned from entering the city due to flimsy reasons. The court has also imposed a stay order banning KSRTC buses from entering the city. This has not happened anywhere else in the state,” Ashoka pointed out.

After having talks with deputy commissioner NS Chennappa Gowda and the KSRTC officials about commencing KSRTC services in the city, he has appealed to the officials to take a final a decision at the Regional Transport Authority meeting, which will be held on February 11.

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_mangalore-bus-lobby-too-hot-for-me-to-handle-ashoka_1643694

Now or never kind of a situation,Mangaloreans needs to decide which one they wish to have.Mangalore might be missing something big...KSRTC is number one,Mangalore needs to avail its facilities. Mysore is getting ITS|got IMTCs and cool volvos,SLFs...Mangalore might miss all the above if they chose the otherway :ohno:

vspdwd

January 30th, 2012, 04:49 PM

^^
I wonder where all private bus operators will go if KSRTC is allowed in Mlore.

engineer.akash

January 30th, 2012, 04:51 PM

^^
I wonder where all private bus operators will go if KSRTC is allowed in Mlore.

They will co exist :)

bendre transport and NWKRTC are peacefully doing business in the twin cities.

vspdwd

January 30th, 2012, 05:05 PM

They will co exist :)

bendre transport and NWKRTC are peacefully doing business in the twin cities.

Bendre Nagara Sarige is a different case...Private bus operators were not allowed in twin cities....that's why they were forced to come together to form BTS after which they were given permit to operate for 5 years. They will be kicked out once BRTS makes its way..:lol:

If KSRTC is allowed in Mlore then i guess it would be hard for private buses to find passengers for their enormous amount of buses...

s.yogendra

January 30th, 2012, 05:20 PM

Bendre Nagara Sarige is a different case...Private bus operators were not allowed in twin cities....that's why they were forced to come together to form BTS after which they were given permit to operate for 5 years. They will be kicked out once BRTS makes its way..:lol:

If KSRTC is allowed in Mlore then i guess it would be hard for private buses to find passengers for their enormous amount of buses...

KSRTC buses can't beat mangalore private buses they are just like jet :lol: even volvo can't do much

vspdwd

January 30th, 2012, 05:51 PM

KSRTC buses can't beat mangalore private buses they are just like jet :lol: even volvo can't do much
Yeah that's true...you cant beat them...:lol:

mangalore mania

January 30th, 2012, 07:19 PM

It will not be a big deal for KSRTC to enter Mangalore if there is a will with govt.. But my concern will they be able to maintain the quality of private buses in terms of timings and cleanliness. I am not talking about pvt buses from other part of the state.
I am also great fan of KSRTC in Mangalore, but i am concern about the points what i mentioned above.
If they are succeed in maintaining those then i bet you guys KSRTC will be theeeee BEST in country..
They can create a new benchmak in terms of quality of quality of service

engineer.akash

January 31st, 2012, 06:14 PM

Tender Number KSRTC/2011-12/OW/WORK_INDENT150

Tender Title Construction of Bus station at Mudigere.

Description includes construction of R.C.C. framed building with basic amenities such as water supply, sanitary, connection other allied works and as directed by the Engineer in charge of work..
Tender Category WORKS
Type of Quotation ITEM_WISE
Tender Evaluation Type TWO_COVER
Department Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC)
Bid Validity Period 180
No Of Calls 1
Tender Type OPEN
Denomination Type RUPEES

Tender Amount Details

Estimated Contract Value 7308608.02
Amount of Earnest Money Deposit (INR) 146500
Tender Processing Fee 1830

Tender Schedule / Dates

NIT Published Date 23/01/2012 16:03:41
Last Date & Time for Tender Queries/Clarifications 07/02/2012 16:00:00
Last Date & Time for receipt of tenders 09/02/2012 16:00:00
Date & Time for Opening of Technical Bid 14/02/2012 11:00:00

n_naik

January 31st, 2012, 06:32 PM

Some pics from my side.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-k0GHGyvcTjs/TyajkORaOVI/AAAAAAAAE8c/QLTez4E0Q08/s800/1_IMG_0182.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d-5sFHB0hO8/TyajCk0iAHI/AAAAAAAAE8M/ctL0yG8xGEk/s800/1_IMG_0278.jpg

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n_naik

January 31st, 2012, 06:40 PM

A NWKRTC bus built by KMS coach builders.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Skk20my95ME/TxqDxfjsqfI/AAAAAAAAE0Q/YySro5HMb0Q/s800/07012012993.jpg

And this NWKRTC bus is built by Hubli Regional Workshop.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6YcYedlyt-E/TxHXjlFpEYI/AAAAAAAAEtg/7Y9j6cW-LE4/s800/1_07012012984.jpg

We must be proud of our Regional workshops :)

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s.yogendra

February 1st, 2012, 04:55 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6763585407_06021b0bfa_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmystrains/6763585407/)
IMG_6964 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmystrains/6763585407/) by jimmystrains (http://www.flickr.com/people/jimmystrains/), on Flickr

vspdwd

February 1st, 2012, 05:55 PM

^^
Abe driver...Mercedes Benz leke kheechad mein kya kar raha hai?!:nuts::lol:

nrsrini

February 1st, 2012, 07:56 PM

maswath

February 2nd, 2012, 06:26 AM

NWKRTC has introduced and upgraded following services

BGM - HYD --> Airavata GC
BGM - BLR - TPT --> upgraded to Airavata GC from Airavata
HBL - Shirdi --> Airavata

s.yogendra

February 2nd, 2012, 07:18 AM

KSRTC Mysore Rural Depot has introduced a Rajahamsa Bus between Mysore and Kottayam via Gundlupet, Kozhikode, Thrissur. The dep timings are : Mysore-6pm, Kottayam-7.30pm

The permit has been sourced from the now defunct Hassan-Mysore-Kottayam Karnataka Saarige service and the buses maybe diverted from Mysore-Sringeri route

MYS has no rajahamsa or airavat services to chikamgalur the city witch has no railway connectivity and KSRTC is much interested in connecting interstate services its time for them to change the KSRTC tag line from Namma Sarige Nimma Oorige to Namma Sarige Bere Rajyake :bash:

maswath

February 2nd, 2012, 07:52 AM

nrsrini

February 2nd, 2012, 08:04 AM

MYS has no rajahamsa or airavat services to chikamgalur the city witch has no railway connectivity and KSRTC is much interested in connecting interstate services its time for them to change the KSRTC tag line from Namma Sarige Nimma Oorige to Namma Sarige Bere Rajyake :bash:

Totally agree. Giving a deluxe bus connectivity from CKM, Belur, Hassan to Mys is long pending. But actually, all the Rajahamsa buses operated in CKM-BNG route are from CKM depot only. (meaning even BNG depot ppl haven't put their R/H metal to CKM, although they are running BENZ buses) So, maybe CKM depot can take the initiative to start a Rajahamsa service to Mys. If they are going to get any new Rajahamsa, then maybe they can use that on the BNG route and re-deploy the older bus to Mys

Actually there was Airavata Volvo service from CKM-MYS-CBE in early 2011 and i think it operated for few months, it was later terminated to MYS-CBE may be due to less patronage or road condition, KSRTC should have replaced this with RH or KV service

That bus was operated by Mys depot; doing the run of Mys-CKM-Mys-CBE and reverse. The roads are very good. But the timings were utter crap on the Mys-CKM leg (dep: 2.30 am mys and 7am for CKM). KSRTC didn't even bother to load the Mys-CKM-Mys trip on to the booking website and no effort was made by ksrtc to publicise the service. The result ---> Failure

maswath

February 2nd, 2012, 08:30 AM

Totally agree. Giving a deluxe bus connectivity from CKM, Belur, Hassan to Mys is long pending. But actually, all the Rajahamsa buses operated in CKM-BNG route are from CKM depot only. (meaning even BNG depot ppl haven't put their R/H metal to CKM, although they are running BENZ buses) So, maybe CKM depot can take the initiative to start a Rajahamsa service to Mys. If they are going to get any new Rajahamsa, then maybe they can use that on the BNG route and re-deploy the older bus to Mys

That bus was operated by Mys depot; doing the run of Mys-CKM-Mys-CBE and reverse. The roads are very good. But the timings were utter crap on the Mys-CKM leg (dep: 2.30 am mys and 7am for CKM). KSRTC didn't even bother to load the Mys-CKM-Mys trip on to the booking website and no effort was made by ksrtc to publicise the service. The result ---> Failure

Since the distance is 180KMS, they can start KV services as they are primarily designed for short distance services, there is many service like you mentioned and are operating ex: BLR-Sringeri-BLR-Chennai-BLR and BGM-KLP-BGM-BLR-TPT-BLR-BGM so i think it is lack of interest of MYS depot to operate this service

nrsrini

February 2nd, 2012, 09:27 AM

Since the distance is 180KMS, they can start KV services as they are primarily designed for short distance services, there is many service like you mentioned and are operating ex: BLR-Sringeri-BLR-Chennai-BLR and BGM-KLP-BGM-BLR-TPT-BLR-BGM so i think it is lack of interest of MYS depot to operate this service

Mys Depot currently doesn't have KV in its fleet. If they get some, it would be a nice idea. But the important point is : KSRTC should PUBLICISE the new service in their website and also give press releases in the local papers at both ends. Take the ex: of the Mys-Kottayam R/H; KSRTC has neither announced that in their webpage nor has given any press releases in local papers so far. They seem to be Bangalore centric.

BTW, Bangalore-Sadalaga Volvo reverted back to Rajahamsa and Bangalore-Shimoga-Sringeri KV reverted back to Rajahamsa. Pls add this to your earlier post

schumi0101

February 2nd, 2012, 02:59 PM

The twins posing

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YWShGwZPfd8/TylF9vJdbmI/AAAAAAAAAME/1em6VVyDmbQ/s800/DSC_0132.jpg

The Gold Class beauty

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BywQsVRhA0Y/TylGmFCVFtI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/igonLQxQDrA/s800/DSC_0133.jpg

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Al2uqkyc4xA/TylG_iTOMZI/AAAAAAAAANQ/yuiRHAy-KFU/s800/DSC_0134.jpg

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BhhqVCmB8zg/TylHUa9RkiI/AAAAAAAAANE/dczow2kWRR0/s800/DSC_0135.jpg

vspdwd

February 2nd, 2012, 04:18 PM

^^ nice pics schumi...:cheers:
The thing that i dont like about gold class is its shoddy graphics...:ohno:

s.yogendra

February 2nd, 2012, 04:26 PM

s.yogendra

February 2nd, 2012, 06:05 PM

Gramanthra Sarage of chintamani depot

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z78DlOH2s00/TxA0bxSH8eI/AAAAAAAABhc/eEqSZ_YrdfY/s512/12012012119.jpg

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-C-18NxPa04s/TxAz13gmdkI/AAAAAAAABhU/Uo7y18eeQuw/s640/12012012120.jpg

Copyrights:- anbu p (https://picasaweb.google.com/110216975315622839685/KSRTC)

s.yogendra

February 3rd, 2012, 04:41 AM

Asked to cough up penalty, NWKRTC seeks waiver

Asked to pay a penalty of Rs. 72 lakh by the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC), the North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC), which is in debt, has turned to the State Government for help.

According to sources in the HDMC, NWKRTC did not pay property tax for ten buildings in 2002-03, as well as subsequent years.

Last year, after councillors demanded action against all building owners in Hubli and Dharwad who had not paid property tax, the municipal authorities served notices on the defaulters, including NWKRTC.

The transport corporation was asked to pay a total of Rs. 87.75 lakh, which included pending taxes of Rs. 15.35 lakh and penalty of Rs. 72.4 lakh.

Cutting losses

“We somehow managed to pay the actual taxes within the specified period, but the big headache is the penalty,” said chairman of NWKRTC Mallikarjun Savakar.

The transport body was running under loss, but had improved to an extent in the last three years. “We managed to bring down annual loss from around Rs. 67.06 crore in 2007-08 to Rs. 30.44 crore last year. This fiscal, we plan to bring it to zero. We have also managed to bring down the cumulative loss from Rs. 318 crore to Rs. 223 crore. There is still a long way to go, however, and at this juncture, we are not in a position to pay the penalty,” he said.

NWKRTC requested the HDMC to waive the penalty but HDMC authorities expressed their inability to do so as it was out of their purview. The transport corporation has approached the Directorate of Municipal Administration seeking waiver. “We have received a positive response. We are hoping that the penalty will be waived,” Mr. Savakar said.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2855822.ece

schumi0101

February 3rd, 2012, 08:50 AM

^^ nice pics schumi...:cheers:
The thing that i dont like about gold class is its shoddy graphics...:ohno:

Even I was not impressed by the graphics. May be because we are so used to seeing these beauties in simple but yet elegant White color, we are just not ready yet to accept the new graphics... I dont know. :ohno:

schumi0101

February 3rd, 2012, 08:50 AM

super pics schumi :cheers:

they should avoid flag

I agree the flag could have been avoided...

suhasrobben

February 3rd, 2012, 05:21 PM

I agree the flag could have been avoided...

Where were the pics clicked VJ???

engineer.akash

February 3rd, 2012, 05:25 PM

^^Looks like Bangalore kempe gowda bus terminal

Manjunath kasigavi

February 3rd, 2012, 05:56 PM

they should avoid flag
Volvo gold class is part of celebration of 10 years of Volvo buses in India, so they might have included the flag...
:nuts:

s.yogendra

February 3rd, 2012, 06:23 PM

^^
it has been done by NWKRTC not Volvo

schumi0101

February 3rd, 2012, 06:35 PM

Where were the pics clicked VJ???

KBS :)

engineer.akash

February 3rd, 2012, 10:28 PM

Buses on both sides of MG Road soon (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/224449/buses-both-sides-mg-road.html)

Bangalore,Feb 3, 2012, DHNS:
BMTC, traffic police study feasibility of plying buses on narrow lanes in the area
City buses will soon ply on Avenue Road, Brigade Road, MG Road and Mission Road, according to M A Saleem, Additional Commissioner of Police.

“The Metro station still does not have a concourse on the opposite side of MG Road. Once the work on second entry-and-exit kiosk is completed, Metro feeder buses will start plying on both sides of MG Road,” Saleem said on Friday. He was speaking at a conference on Intelligence Transport Solution in the City.

The Traffic police and BMTC have taken up a feasibility study on the impact of reintroducing BMTC services on the narrow lanes of the Central Business District.

S K Lohia, Officer on Special Duty, Urban Transport, said the Union government would bear 80 per cent of the detailed project report in cities which show willingness to implement Intelligent Transport Solution (ITS). He said the technology will be available for people in a matter of two months in Mysore.

The conference brought together the Japanese government and industry officials.

Lohia urged the Japanese companies to develop low-cost technologies specifically for India.

He added that the Union govenment would provide funds when foreign firms create manufacturing facilities and value addition in the country.

Lohia urged the Japan Internationl Co-operation Agency to assist the Ministry of Urban Development in creating a robust national architecture for development and implementation of ITS at the regional level.

The ITS will be tested on a pilot basis in Mysore, Bangalore, Hubli and Dharwad. Lohia agreed in principle to consider Mangalore and Gulbarga too, on a suggestion made by Prakash Mandoth, Infrastructure Head, FKCCI.

JnNURM

Lohia said Karnataka had the best record in utilisation of the funds available under waharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), at least in urban transport sector.

Presentations

During the conference, transport authorities from Bangalore, Mysore, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad gave presentations on existing road and metro rail transport systems in their cities. A video on Ahmedabad’s Janmarg Bus Rapid Transit System was applauded and many called for similar town planning laws in every major urban city.

V Manjula, Commissioner, Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) spoke about Bangalore’s rapidly deteriorating air, travel time and environmental quality.

“Road widening is not possible any more and is not desirable. This is where innovative concepts such as ITS come into play. Bangalore’s B-TRAC uses ITS and is a great success. The BMTC has called for tenders to implement technology,” she said.

Manjula called for better use of land and demand-based measures such as congestion and parking pricing in the City.

engineer.akash

February 4th, 2012, 07:17 AM

Centre to fund project reports for intelligent transport system (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/article2857907.ece)

Announcement comes at concluding session of ITS seminar

The Union Urban Development Ministry will fund 80 per cent of the cost of preparing master plan/ detailed project report for intelligent transport system (ITS) in important cities across the country, including those in Karnataka.

Karnataka was keen on implementing ITS initially in three cities — Mysore, Bangalore and Hubli-Dharwad.

“Let the experience in these cities be pilot projects as Karnataka has been the role model for other,” the official said.

The seminar was attended by many big names in the field of electronics from Japan, which is keen on implementing ITS in India, particularly the southern States.

Addressing these companies, the official said that low-cost technology is abundantly available to develop ITS. “If you are keen on implementing ITS in India, you should deploy low-cost technology. The companies will not lose anything because the volumes of deployment are very high,” he said.

At the same time, the companies should explore to make the best utilisation of the existing infrastructure such as mobile telephone network, he suggested.

Also, the companies should be prepared to set up manufacturing units in India by creating Indian subsidiaries, as the country is keen on developing indigenous technology as well as creation of employment.

On the role of Japan International Cooperation Agency, which has been funding various projects in India, he urged the agency to fund certain pilot projects of ITS in India, to test the proof of concept.

The agency may fund preparation of detailed project reports and support the national architecture for ITS which is being developed by UDD. The next phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, which may be launched this year, will include funding ITS.

Commissioner, Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT), Karnataka, V. Manjula, said that a few initiatives of ITS are being adopted in the State, including B-TRAC in Bangalore and the World Bank-funded ITS in Mysore. She said that integration of information and communication technology with the transport infrastructure, vehicles and users, will help people to make more informed travel choices even as it helps improve traffic flow.

Throughout the day, representatives from Japanese companies Nippon Koei, ITS Japan, Zero-Sum Wireless Solutions, East Nippon Expressway Company, Toshiba, Hitachi, Nagoya Electric Worksco, Mitsubushi Heavy Industries and Toyota Tshusho Electronics made presentations on different aspects of ITS.

Yasuhiro Okumura from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Taro Okawa from JICA were present.

s.yogendra

February 4th, 2012, 07:13 PM

department has plans to either construct or upgrade existing bus stations at K R Nagar, Hunsur, Sargur, H D Kote, Periyapatna and Nanjangud. Said Ashoka: “

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/224618/truck-terminal-mysore-long-awaited.html

nrsrini

February 5th, 2012, 02:29 PM

catchshash

February 5th, 2012, 05:43 PM

^^big bazaar will definitely not open in HD Kote and Sargur..
Possible in Hunsur and Nanjangud..

engineer.akash

February 5th, 2012, 05:49 PM

^^big bazaar will definitely not open in HD Kote and Sargur..
Possible in Hunsur and Nanjangud..

haha you took it literally? Obvious he meant commercial space TO LET

Just like this IMTC Yelawala Mysore

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6364/dsc02985pv.jpg

catchshash

February 5th, 2012, 08:27 PM

^^i missed the ":P" in my comment.. :P

schumi0101

February 5th, 2012, 08:36 PM

Shirdi bound Airavatha Club Class getting ready for departure.

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A6zZH5xZ7sc/Ty7XlKwogqI/AAAAAAAAAQk/dHqihLL4dqc/s800/%255BUNSET%255D.jpg

pnvijoo

February 6th, 2012, 01:23 PM

KSRTC - Introduction of new bus services.

(Marketing and Commuters Relation Department)
PRESS NOTE

KSRTC is introducing new ‘Karnataka Vaibhav’ service from Bangalore to Salem, ‘Airavat (Volvo)’ from Bangalore to Coimbatore & Tirunullar, ‘Rajahamsa’ from Bangalore to Mahe. These services are in addition to the existing services. Time table is as follows:

Bangalore- Salem(Karnataka Vaibhav) – Adult Fair Rs.170(Day)- w.e.f. 05.02.12.

Bangalore Departure : 12.00 hrs – Salem Arrival : 17.30 hrs.
Salem Departure : 23.30 hrs - Bangalore Arrival : 04.30 hrs.

Bangalore- Salem(Karnataka Vaibhav) – Adult Fair Rs.190(Night)-w.e.f. 05.02.12.

Bangalore Departure : 15.00 hrs – Salem Arrival : 20.30 hrs.
Salem Departure : 23.55 hrs - Bangalore Arrival : 04.55 hrs.

Bangalore- Coimbatore(Airavat Volvo)- Adult Fair Rs.440/-, w.e.f. 20.02.12.

Bangalore Departure : 13.00 hrs – Coimbatore Arrival : 21.15 hrs.
Coimbatore Departure : 14.00 hrs - Bangalore Arrival : 21.15 hrs.

Bangalore- Mahe(Rajahamsa)- Adult Fair Rs.330/-, w.e.f. 27.02.12.

Bangalore Departure : 20.30 hrs – Mahe Arrival : 05.45 hrs.
Mahe Departure : 20.15 hrs - Bangalore Arrival : 04.30 hrs.

Bangalore- Tirunullar(Airavat Volvo)- Adult Fair Rs.565/- w.e.f. 27.02.12.

Bangalore Departure : 21.45 hrs – Tirunullar Arrival : 07.15 hrs.
Tirunullar Departure : 20.00 hrs - Bangalore Arrival : 05.45 hrs.

Advance Ticket Reservation available upto 30 days.
For details Contact: 7760990562, 7760990561 & 080-22870099
For e-booking & Mobile booking log on to www.ksrtc.in

http://www.facebook.com/KSRTC.Karnataka

engineer.akash

February 6th, 2012, 03:17 PM

Flying elephant was simply flying man :banana2:

putta.dvg

February 6th, 2012, 05:10 PM

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9615/dsc04538q.jpg
more pics @:https://picasaweb.google.com/puttadvg

putta.dvg

February 6th, 2012, 05:11 PM

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9784/dsc04537p.jpg
more pics @:https://picasaweb.google.com/puttadvg

s.yogendra

February 6th, 2012, 05:31 PM

^^
superb pics Putta avare :cheers:

s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 01:27 PM

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http://www.facebook.com/KSRTC.Karnataka

schumi0101

February 7th, 2012, 02:50 PM

Mumbai bound Airavath Club Class.

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xlkq9ZpCHm8/TzEVwxBe0OI/AAAAAAAAAT0/m0OyioxSokc/s640/DSC_0150.jpg

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s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 07:10 PM

NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6836755889_b47ff5d5f3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836755889/)
NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836755889/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 07:10 PM

NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6836755007_0c49035766_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836755007/)
NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836755007/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 07:11 PM

NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6836753975_9ddd9032bf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836753975/)
NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836753975/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 07:12 PM

NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6836752691_56666a1919_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836752691/)
NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836752691/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 07:12 PM

NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6836751481_276a92918a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836751481/)
NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836751481/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 07:13 PM

NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6836750227_74c1daff35_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836750227/)
NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836750227/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 07:13 PM

NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6836749227_5b095e560d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836749227/)
NWKRTC - Belgaum City Bus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836749227/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 07:22 PM

Belgaum Central Bus Stand

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6836814543_a14389ec91_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836814543/)
Belgaum Bus Stand (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836814543/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

s.yogendra

February 7th, 2012, 07:23 PM

Belgaum Central Bus Stand

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6836815683_9a8e0f4638_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836815683/)
NWKRTC - Belgaum Bus Stand (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mysoreone/6836815683/) by mysoreone.com - One City Infinite Admirers...!!! (http://www.flickr.com/people/mysoreone/), on Flickr

schumi0101

February 7th, 2012, 07:27 PM

A Solapur bound KSRTC Rajahamsa (Compact Seat) getting ready for departure.

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putta.dvg

February 8th, 2012, 04:37 PM

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more pics @:https://picasaweb.google.com/puttadvg

putta.dvg

February 8th, 2012, 04:38 PM

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more pics @:https://picasaweb.google.com/puttadvg

s.yogendra

February 8th, 2012, 04:50 PM

KSRTC drive for teetotaller staff on board

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation� (KSRTC) will soon be acquiring around 100 new breathalysers for all the four transport corporations in the state.

These breathalysers will be used by KSRTC officials to check alcohol level in staff, if consumed, while they are on duty in bus stands, check-posts, and also by-line staff who do random checks.

Currently KSRTC has approximately 60-70 breathalysers, which officials claim are insufficient, with the all the new depots and busses being added recently.

KSRTC currently has 72 depots and 7,599 vehicles plying in the state.

“We have increased the number of checking staff and with other increase of staff,� it is time to invest on new machines,” said a senior KSRTC official.

The new machines will be less bulky from previous models and will be able to give the exact percentage of alcohol in the bloodstream.

“The old machines run on large batteries and are analog. They only have a red, green and yellow light to confirm if alcohol had been consumed and used to beep. The new machines will have digital screens which will display information about percentage of alcohol in the blood and other information,” an official added.

The requirements given by KSRTC for their own use is around 100 devices and the budget stated is approximately 15 lakh.

High-end alcometers with printer capabilities cost around `20,000 but KSRTC is looking to procure machines in the a lesser range of `4,000-`5,000, according to sources. The project is currently in the initial stages.http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ksrtc-drive-for-teetotaller-staff-on-board/228274-60-119.html

bkjain

February 8th, 2012, 04:52 PM

Is our government is planning to devlop belgaum bustand?

s.yogendra

February 8th, 2012, 05:36 PM

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2012/02/08/20120208a_002103005.jpg

putta.dvg

February 10th, 2012, 03:51 PM

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More Pics @:https://picasaweb.google.com/puttadvg

s.yogendra

February 11th, 2012, 06:44 AM

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2012/02/11/20120211a_002106001.jpg

Krishnamoorthy K

February 12th, 2012, 01:52 PM

Shankar Bennur

* The corporation has announced cash incentives each month for five technical staff if they improve fuel efficiency
* According to a circular issued by the technical department of KSRTC in Bangalore, the corporation spends nearly Rs. 775 crore a year on diesel to run its buses"

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has announced cash incentives for technical assistants of KMPL monitoring batch (a team working on improving fuel efficiency) working in bus depots coming under its jurisdiction if they improve fuel efficiency.

The cash incentives ranging from Rs. 100 (for improving mileage by 0.01 kmpl) to Rs. 4,000 (for 0.20 kmpl) will be given to five technical assistants each month.

The ‘cash incentive scheme' has been introduced on an experimental basis by the corporation to improve fuel efficiency.
The scheme will be in force from January 1 to June 30, according to sources in the KSRTC.

A circular issued by the technical department of KSRTC, Head Office, Bangalore, a copy of which is available with The Hindu , said the KSRTC spends nearly Rs. 775 crore per annum on diesel to operate its buses.

“It has become necessary for the corporation to increase fuel economy. One of the steps to achieve better mileage is by encouraging the technical staff by giving them cash incentives,” the department said.

The fuel efficiency of buses will be monitored daily at the depot and the daily report on fuel efficiency achieved will be sent to the line officers in the depot for their attestation. The report is subsequently sent to the respective divisional controller, according to the circular.

The fuel efficiency is calculated daily and the cumulative average fuel economy is calculated at the end of the month to award the incentive. The cash incentives go up depending on the fuel economy achieved.

Yardstick

The record for the previous month (December) will be taken as the yardstick for calculating the fuel efficiency achieved under the scheme for the month of January.

‘Save fuel' campaign

Meanwhile, the urban division of KSRTC has slipped into fuel-saving mode by launching the ‘Save fuel' campaign being observed from January 16 to February 15.

It has instructed its drivers to make efforts to increase fuel efficiency through good driving habits. They can get cash incentives of Rs. 500 a month and a certificate from the division.

Divisional Controller (Urban Division) M.N. Srinivas told The Hindu that 24,300 litres of diesel was needed for operating buses on intra-city routes. The number of trips here daily is about 6,400.

“We are expecting to save at least 1,000 litres of diesel this month. More fuel can be saved if our drivers adopt best practices,” he said.

The Mysore urban division has 774 drivers, 429 driver-cum-conductors and 453 conductors.

“The drivers have to show results every day and the fuel monitoring staff will make note of the total number of km run on the route every day to calculate the extent of fuel saved. Five drivers in each depot who save more fuel, will get the cash incentive of Rs. 500 each.”

* The scheme, launched on an experimental basis, will be in force from January 1 to June 30
* KSRTC urban division is offering cash incentives to drivers if they improve fuel efficiency

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2816322.ece?css=print)

schumi0101

February 12th, 2012, 04:57 PM

An SKS heading towards Bangalore from Mysore

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catchshash

February 14th, 2012, 08:20 PM

Looks like people are posting wrong info on social networking sites.. there is a spam which shows BMTC's wifi enabled and interactive screens as ones in BEST mumbai..:bash:
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407847_360526627305198_100000435928082_1277575_1416887864_n.jpg
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=360526627305198&set=a.254317254592803.67993.100000435928082&type=1&ref=nf

chetanvh08

February 16th, 2012, 01:42 PM

Hubli Belgaum New Deluxe Bus....

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6461/12022012.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/12022012.jpg/)

schumi0101

February 16th, 2012, 03:53 PM

^^ was this photo taken at Hubli Old Bus stand?

Manjunath kasigavi

February 16th, 2012, 05:27 PM

^^ was this photo taken at Hubli Old Bus stand?

yes..

ss87

February 17th, 2012, 12:26 PM

I see lot of buses similar to Suvarna in Bangalore in white and red livery being run in many small towns like

Gadinadu sarige near Hosur
Sthaliya sarige near Mandya
Kengeal sarige near Ramnagar
and some nagara sariges as tumkur, Nelamangla, Hassan and many others

Is this some new scheme followed by KSRTC for connecting nearby towns-any news regarding the same??-dont see it in KSRTC timetables too

engineer.akash

February 17th, 2012, 03:16 PM

ss87

February 17th, 2012, 04:33 PM

yes those are new services
Oh ok-but surprisingly there wasnt any announcement at all-and no idea of routes introduced too-tried searching it online but no info for the same was available online

Any idea when these services were launched

engineer.akash

February 17th, 2012, 04:48 PM

Oh ok-but surprisingly there wasnt any announcement at all-and no idea of routes introduced too-tried searching it online but no info for the same was available online

Any idea when these services were launched

I have seen them for 5-6 months. :cheers:

ss87

February 18th, 2012, 11:06 AM

Looks like KSRTC knows how well they can make money

All these days there wasnt much services to TN from Bangalore by them and TNSTC was dominant-but following the recent fare hike in Tamilnadu number of services towards Tamilnadu has just been increasing-and looks like the Vaibhava services have proved to be a boon to compete with the SD's of TNSTC

Now from Bangalore to Salem and back KSRTC Vaibhava has been running about 4 services from none earlier-and it has also introduced 2 Vaibhav services to Villupruam also from Bangalore

Seriously they know how to make revenue and when they get it

catchshash

February 18th, 2012, 06:37 PM

s.yogendra

February 20th, 2012, 06:28 AM

KSRTC plans wayside restaurants on highways

Seeks Rs. 20 crore from Government to start 10 such units

You are travelling by a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus in the night. The vehicle stops for dinner en-route near a highway restaurant.

However, looking at its condition, you do not dare get down and instead prefer to blunt your appetite with biscuits.

Such a situation will be a thing of the past if the State Government accepts a KSRTC proposal to build and manage state-of-the-art wayside passenger amenity centres. Besides providing quality refreshment and restrooms, the corporation will also earn revenue through such a plan.

KSRTC Managing Director N. Manjunatha Prasad told The Hindu : “We have proposed 10 wayside passenger amenity centres across State highways on an experimental basis. We have sought Rs. 20 crore from the Government. Depending on the success of the project, it will be replicated elsewhere either on our own or through a public-private partnership basis.”

Mr. Prasad, who recently took over the reins of the corporation, said the idea was conceived by Transport Minister R. Ashok, who is the chairman of KSRTC, after going through the condition of existing facilities and the plight of passengers.

While all major bus-stations run by the corporation as well as sister corporations — North West and North East KRTC — had restaurants, not all the buses entered the stations, he said. Also, heavy crowds in major bus-stations prevent passengers from using the facilities.

Though the exact locations to set up these units are yet to be finalised, prominent corridors where the corporation has considerable presence would be in the list, he said. They include Bangalore-Tirupati, Bangalore-Hyderabad, Bangalore-Chennai, Bangalore-Mangalore, Bangalore-Davangere, Bangalore-Shimoga and Bangalore-Mysore.

In fact, the corporation has the practice of ‘recognising' wayside private restaurants and authorising buses plying on the route to stop at these places.

However, not all passengers are happy about the facilities and services available at these places. The new amenity centres could cater to other travellers too. The corporation is of the opinion that at least 100 such centres are required across the State on important corridors.

Depending on the success of the project, it will be replicated elsewhere

The idea was put forward by Minister R. Ashokhttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2911577.ece

s.yogendra

February 20th, 2012, 06:31 AM

Belgaum-Chennai bus

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has introduced a new Multi-Axle Air-Conditioned Video 53-seater bus from Belgaum to Chennai via Bangalore from February 20. According to a release, the bus will leave Belgaum at 12.15 p.m. and reach Bangalore at 9 p.m. and Chennai the next day morning at 4 a.m. In the return journey, the bus will leave Chennai at 1.15 p.m. and reach Bangalore at 7.15 p.m. and arrive at Belgaum at 5.30 a.m. the next morning. The bus will halt only at Dharwad and Hubli. The fare for Belgaum-Bangalore is Rs. 585 and Belgaum-Chennai is Rs. 1,275. — Staff Correspondenthttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2912087.ece

schumi0101

February 20th, 2012, 08:03 AM

^^ The Hubli-Chennai Gold Class is now starting from Belgaum-Chennai :banana::banana:

schumi0101

February 20th, 2012, 11:25 AM

KSRTC Airavath Club Class doing Bangalore-Shirdi

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--J6pBrbywf4/T0G9T4LT0AI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/yMuO9ll036Q/s640/DSC_0180.JPG

Driver's console of the Club Class

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Guzzling up fuel at Nippani, Belgaum.

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And finally resting at Shirdi after dropping the passengers

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devaraju

February 20th, 2012, 12:27 PM

KSRTC plans wayside restaurants on highways

You are travelling by a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus in the night. The vehicle stops for dinner en-route near a highway restaurant.
However, looking at its condition, you do not dare get down and instead prefer to blunt your appetite with biscuits.
Such a situation will be a thing of the past if the State Government accepts a KSRTC proposal to build and manage state-of-the-art wayside passenger amenity centres. Besides providing quality refreshment and restrooms, the corporation will also earn revenue through such a plan.
KSRTC Managing Director N. Manjunatha Prasad told The Hindu : “We have proposed 10 wayside passenger amenity centres across State highways on an experimental basis. We have sought Rs. 20 crore from the Government. Depending on the success of the project, it will be replicated elsewhere either on our own or through a public-private partnership basis.”
Mr. Prasad, who recently took over the reins of the corporation, said the idea was conceived by Transport Minister R. Ashok, who is the chairman of KSRTC, after going through the condition of existing facilities and the plight of passengers.
While all major bus-stations run by the corporation as well as sister corporations — North West and North East KRTC — had restaurants, not all the buses entered the stations, he said. Also, heavy crowds in major bus-stations prevent passengers from using the facilities.
Though the exact locations to set up these units are yet to be finalised, prominent corridors where the corporation has considerable presence would be in the list, he said. They include Bangalore-Tirupati, Bangalore-Hyderabad, Bangalore-Chennai, Bangalore-Mangalore, Bangalore-Davangere, Bangalore-Shimoga and Bangalore-Mysore.
In fact, the corporation has the practice of ‘recognising' wayside private restaurants and authorising buses plying on the route to stop at these places.
However, not all passengers are happy about the facilities and services available at these places. The new amenity centres could cater to other travellers too. The corporation is of the opinion that at least 100 such centres are required across the State on important corridors.
Depending on the success of the project, it will be replicated elsewhere
The idea was put forward by Minister R. Ashok

source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2911577.ece

suhasrobben

February 20th, 2012, 12:29 PM

KSRTC Airavath Club Class doing Bangalore-Shirdi

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--J6pBrbywf4/T0G9T4LT0AI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/yMuO9ll036Q/s640/DSC_0180.JPG
Driver's console of the Club Class

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F13xqps4nG8/T0G9iPxpNSI/AAAAAAAAAc4/whLBSb95RTM/s800/DSC_0175.JPG

Guzzling up fuel at Nippani, Belgaum.

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zXnpiDa49jg/T0G92vhMJeI/AAAAAAAAAc8/ccnytWMCoDM/s640/DSC_0186.JPG

And finally resting at Shirdi after dropping the passengers

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Nice Pics .. VJ ..

ss87

February 20th, 2012, 01:10 PM

KSRTC plans wayside restaurants on highways

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2911577.ece

the only bus stand distinguishabl ehere is the Chennrayapatna bus stand-majority of the night buses, especially towards chikmaglur generally have their 1st halt here and their 2nd halt at chikmaglur is they proceed further to places like Sringeri-however when you travel by day buses(Espcially the 1331 CKM BLR Benz or the Mangalore-Bangalore Volvo) they stop at most boring places where taste or environment doesnt suit the passengers much

However more than passenger amenities, KSRTC again lloking to increase non-operational revenues-Hats off to them for trying out other means of revenue too

nrsrini

February 21st, 2012, 12:11 PM

source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2911577.ece

Nonsense !!! :bash: :bash: :bash: Seems like KSRTC is more bothered about providing Catering and Entertainment than Transportation. Why should KSRTC deviate from their core business and enter into this segment which is already saturated and has a lot of Established players like Kamat n Adigas competing in this sphere ??? :ohno: For this venture to be profitable, KSRTC should attract even the private Buses, Tourist vehicles (vans and cabs) and the privately owned vehicles plying in this route. Now why should the general public ditch the Kamats n Adigas n come here for grub ??? Or more importantly, why would KSRTC provide free food for private Bus drivers also ??? :lol: Instead, KSRTC should enter into agreements with the existing and reputed hotels on these routes whereby they can also monitor the quality and PRICE of the food available to ppl (10rs per coffee at KADAMBAM KSRTC bus stand Maddur !!! that's way too expensive :bash:)

the only bus stand distinguishabl ehere is the Chennrayapatna bus stand-majority of the night buses, especially towards chikmaglur generally have their 1st halt here and their 2nd halt at chikmaglur is they proceed further to places like Sringeri-however when you travel by day buses(Espcially the 1331 CKM BLR Benz or the Mangalore-Bangalore Volvo) they stop at most boring places where taste or environment doesnt suit the passengers much

I have seen many Rajahamsas on the Bangalore-Mangalore route stop at Sakaleshpura bus stand; the daytime Volvos and Benzs generally stop at Kamat at Bellur Cross.

However more than passenger amenities, KSRTC again lloking to increase non-operational revenues-Hats off to them for trying out other means of revenue too

Didn't you know that KSRTC has been building shopping complexes (and in an act of generousity, also letting buses stand next to them :nuts:) in every nook and corner of the state :bash: They seem to gained a certain measure of expertise in this area (along with big Bazaar) for sure

hakindian1984

February 21st, 2012, 12:18 PM

Nonsense !!! :bash: :bash: :bash: Seems like KSRTC is more bothered about providing Catering and Entertainment than Transportation. Why should KSRTC deviate from their core business and enter into this segment which is already saturated and has a lot of Established players like Kamat n Adigas competing in this sphere ??? :ohno: For this venture to be profitable, KSRTC should attract even the private Buses, Tourist vehicles (vans and cabs) and the privately owned vehicles plying in this route. Now why should the general public ditch the Kamats n Adigas n come here for grub ??? Or more importantly, why would KSRTC provide free food for private Bus drivers also ??? :lol: Instead, KSRTC should enter into agreements with the existing and reputed hotels on these routes whereby they can also monitor the quality and PRICE of the food available to ppl (10rs per coffee at KADAMBAM KSRTC bus stand Maddur !!! that's way too expensive :bash:)

I have seen many Rajahamsas on the Bangalore-Mangalore route stop at Sakaleshpura bus stand; the daytime Volvos and Benzs generally stop at Kamat at Bellur Cross.

Didn't you know that KSRTC has been building shopping complexes (and in an act of generousity, also letting buses stand next to them :nuts:) in every nook and corner of the state :bash: They seem to gained a certain measure of expertise in this area (along with big Bazaar) for sure

The main issue is toilets. There is no proper and well maintained toilets are there in this stretch. even the toilets in kamath (Hassan) is not good.

nrsrini

February 21st, 2012, 12:32 PM

The main issue is toilets. There is no proper and well maintained toilets are there in this stretch. even the toilets in kamath (Hassan) is not good.

My point is, how will KSRTC's proposed move help improve this condition ? When a reputed private player, for whom its a perform or perish situation, is not able to provide the requisite facility; can we expect the Government's intervention, where ppl manning the hotel are on government payroll and give a s**t to ur s**tting experience :lol: ), to improve anything by any stretch of imagination :cheers:

schumi0101

February 22nd, 2012, 08:28 PM

KSRTC Airavath Club Class at Pune.

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-z3ONddSzJTA/T0G-cEv6bYI/AAAAAAAAAdE/UZQ62_pCDoY/s800/DSC_0188.JPG

sfs

February 23rd, 2012, 04:33 AM

KSRTC offers 30 pc discount (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/229417/ksrtc-offers-30-pc-discount.html)
Bangalore, Feb 22 2012, DHNS:

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has announced ‘Prayanothsava’, a scheme which offers 30 per cent discount for its customers on their fourth trip in KSRTC bus.

Noting that the 30 per cent discount will be given at the time of booking fourth ticket, KSRTC said: “...only if the tickets booked earlier are not cancelled.” However, the commuter may continue being eligible for the offer, provided all the four tickets he/she books are valid for travel.

It will be valid only for a single seat booked in the fourth ticket and that the booking dates and journey dates must fall on or before April 30, 2012. The offer will be valid only if all tickets are booked from the same e-ticket user ID and if all tickets carry the same passenger name. All tickets must be purchased through e-booking or m-booking.

engineer.akash

February 23rd, 2012, 03:40 PM

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Manjunath kasigavi

February 25th, 2012, 03:40 PM

Akash , once you had mentioned about NWKRTC buses with wheel caps, i had promised you of taking a pic of it..
So here it is..
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/7231/dsc02041b.jpg
its plying between CBT-GOKUL..
pic is taken near Akshay park, Hubli:cheers:

Manjunath kasigavi

February 25th, 2012, 03:51 PM

^^
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3324/dsc02042d.jpg

schumi0101

February 26th, 2012, 02:12 PM

The Bangalore-Chennai Airavath Club class

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The new In-built Entertainment System fitted by a company in Kerala.

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The entertainment system has an option to insert a CD-ROM, Pen Drive and a Memory Card

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schumi0101

February 26th, 2012, 03:55 PM

The very first batch of Mark l Volvo from KSRTC

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A priceless beauty..!!!

reddy8155

February 26th, 2012, 04:22 PM

The entertainment system fitted on the bus above, is it just a trial or are they planning to extend it to all other Club Classes as well? Buses on which routes have it so far?

Does anyone know how many Multi-axle Volvo/MB buses has KSRTC ordered? Looking at this link, I could count 67 plus 2 running between Bangalore and Mangalore.

http://www.ksrtc.in/site/sites/all/themes/ksrtc/pdf/ksrtc_AIRAVATclubclass.pdf

maswath

February 26th, 2012, 06:28 PM

Does anyone know how many Multi-axle Volvo/MB buses has KSRTC ordered? Looking at this link, I could count 67 plus 2 running between Bangalore and Mangalore.

http://www.ksrtc.in/site/sites/all/themes/ksrtc/pdf/ksrtc_AIRAVATclubclass.pdf

Currently KSRTC/NWKRTC has (40 in 2010 + 40 2011) 80 Volvo Multi-axle and 10 Mercedes Benz Multi-axle buses and another 30 are expected in next few months

Here are the routes operated by Multi-axle buses, except for 8 buses operated by NWKRTC which are with normal 53 pushback seats, all other buses are with 47 semi sleeper seats

BLR - Mumbai - 8 buses
BLR - Pune - 6 buses
BLR - Shirdi - 2 buses
BLR - Kolhapur - 2 buses
BLR - Panaji - 2 buses
BLR - Hyderabad - 8 buses
BLR - Vijayawada - 4 buses
BLR - Tirupati - 2 buses
BLR - Mantralaya - 2 buses
BLR - Ernakulam - 6 buses
BLR - Trivandrum - 2 buses
BLR - Kottayam - 2 buses
BLR - Trichur - 2 buses
BLR - Palghat - 2 buses
BLR - Chennai - 6 buses
BLR - Mangalore - 4 buses
BLR - Belgaum - 2 buses
BLR - Pondy - 2 buses
MYS - Hyderabad - 4 buses
MYS - Chennai - 2 buses
MYS - Mumbai - 2 buses
MYS - Pune - 2 buses
MNG - Hyderabad - 2 buses
MNG - Mumbai - 2 buses
MNG - Pune - 2 buses
MNG - Ernakulam - 2 buses
Hubli - Hyderabad - 2 buses
BGM - Hyderabad - 2 buses
BGM - Tirupati - 2 buses
BGM - Chennai - 2 buses

schumi0101

February 26th, 2012, 07:02 PM

The entertainment system fitted on the bus above, is it just a trial or are they planning to extend it to all other Club Classes as well? Buses on which routes have it so far?

ksrtc has this type of entertainment system installed in two buses on a trial basis. Depending on the feedback they may start installing this new entertainment system on the remaining club class...

reddy8155

February 27th, 2012, 03:05 AM

Currently KSRTC/NWKRTC has (40 in 2010 + 40 2011) 80 Volvo Multi-axle and 10 Mercedes Benz Multi-axle buses and another 30 are expected in next few months

Here are the routes operated by Multi-axle buses, except for 8 buses operated by NWKRTC which are with normal 53 pushback seats, all other buses are with 47 semi sleeper seats

BLR - Mumbai - 8 buses
BLR - Pune - 6 buses
BLR - Shirdi - 2 buses
BLR - Kolhapur - 2 buses
BLR - Panaji - 2 buses
BLR - Hyderabad - 8 buses
BLR - Vijayawada - 4 buses
BLR - Tirupati - 2 buses
BLR - Mantralaya - 2 buses
BLR - Ernakulam - 6 buses
BLR - Trivandrum - 2 buses
BLR - Kottayam - 2 buses
BLR - Trichur - 2 buses
BLR - Palghat - 2 buses
BLR - Chennai - 6 buses
BLR - Mangalore - 4 buses
BLR - Belgaum - 2 buses
BLR - Pondy - 2 buses
MYS - Hyderabad - 4 buses
MYS - Chennai - 2 buses
MYS - Mumbai - 2 buses
MYS - Pune - 2 buses
MNG - Hyderabad - 2 buses
MNG - Mumbai - 2 buses
MNG - Pune - 2 buses
MNG - Ernakulam - 2 buses
Hubli - Hyderabad - 2 buses
BGM - Hyderabad - 2 buses
BGM - Tirupati - 2 buses
BGM - Chennai - 2 buses

Slow Monday morning. :lol: Spent a while on the AWATAR website, and have a few corrections in the list above.

Bangalore - Pune - 8 buses.
Bangalore - Chennai - 3 buses.
Bangalore - Mangalore - 2 buses
Bangalore - Belgaum - 4 buses.

So, updated total is 81 buses for KSRTC. And 8 for NWKRTC.

10 Benz buses are on:
Bangalore - Hyderabad - 2
Bangalore - Vijayawada - 2
Bangalore - Tirupathi - 1
Bangalore - Ernakulam - 4
Bangalore - Chennai - 1

Is Bangalore - Tirupathi Benz CC the yellow bus that KSRTC had for trial or did they change it to the new series?

Meant this one. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y2ewLcPdtvE/TbP11nX_GeI/AAAAAAAAAXE/XRkE_9HdhR0/s1600/gallery-img1.jpg

Thanks to maswath for the list.

The 30 buses on order are all MB or are there any Volvo in them?

The entertainment system is a nice idea but I think maintenance will be a big problem. I have had troubles with something as simple as AC vents. They keep opening/closing on their own. I'd rather that they ensure charging points are working for all rows.

Another thing, does anyone know how often the blankets given in Airavat are washed?

binaiks

February 27th, 2012, 04:59 AM

Is Bangalore - Tirupathi Benz CC the yellow bus that KSRTC had for trial or did they change it to the new series?

Its a new bus - the white one with stickers of a pram on its sides (and back). The trial bus was returned to Mercedes after the trial period.

maswath

February 27th, 2012, 06:58 AM

Bangalore - Pune - 8 buses.
Bangalore - Chennai - 3 buses.
Bangalore - Mangalore - 2 buses
Bangalore - Belgaum - 4 buses.

The 30 buses on order are all MB or are there any Volvo in them?

In BLR-Pune search you get 4 buses which are for Mumbai
All my numbers are for pairs, for example BLR-MNG has 2 buses, you have to consider another 2 buses start from MNG also
BGM search will include BLR-BGM, BLR-Kolhapur, BGM-TPT and BGM-MAS buses also

Total current multi-axle fleet is 90 and the new 30 expected maybe MB as per news article

binaiks

February 27th, 2012, 01:55 PM

In BLR-Pune search you get 4 buses which are for Mumbai
All my numbers are for pairs, for example BLR-MNG has 2 buses, you have to consider another 2 buses start from MNG also
BGM search will include BLR-BGM, BLR-Kolhapur, BGM-TPT and BGM-MAS buses also

Aswath,

In BNG-MNG route, there are 2 pairs of services as you mentioned correctly. However, the bus that departs in the morning from Mangalore, returns at night from Bangalore. The other bus does the opposite. So the 2 pairs of services are run with 2 buses.

BNG-PNA has 3 pairs of services - so that makes for 6 buses. The 4th pair that shows up on search is actually the "Split" service of MYS-PNA service.

Similarly, BNG-CHN has 3 pairs of services, but all of them are single bus services.

schumi0101

February 27th, 2012, 04:02 PM

Spotted an Ex-Mayura downgraded to a SKS doing a Bangalore-Hosur route I think. The A/C duct was still present at the top and the bus was looking too good to be an SKS :lol::lol:

Unfortunately I was unable to take the pics as I was in another bus in the opposite direction. :bash: :bash:

engineer.akash

February 27th, 2012, 04:02 PM

rwHkdPY8hkE

schumi0101

February 27th, 2012, 04:41 PM

I was in KBS as usual to click some pictures of the beauties and for some reason I missed the old Tata Buses which had the Red and Cream livery. :sad2:

Can anyone post few pics of them here.

engineer.akash

February 27th, 2012, 04:44 PM

^^Sunilkumar has a lot of them in his picasa album

schumi0101

February 27th, 2012, 06:49 PM

A 9400 from KSRTC posing for a pic.

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JhonJ

February 28th, 2012, 04:03 AM

Minister drives bus, hits auto

Fisheries Minister Anand Asnotikar on Monday rammed a NWKSRTC bus into a goods carrier, during the launch of the bus in Karwar on Monday.

http://www.deccanherald.com/images/editor_images1/2012/02/27/state-ananad-asnotikar.jpg

The minister, after inaugurating the services on Karwar-Hassan and Karwar-Hubli-Manipal routes, volunteered to drive the bus to a short distance. Even as the gathering watched, the minister crashed the bus into a stationary goods auto. The painting on the new bus peeled off.

An NWKSRTC staffer said the minister was not supposed to drive the vehicle without a driving licence.

“If any of the drivers had committed the same mistake, they would have been fined Rs 20,000,” he told Deccan Herald.

District statusThe minister, later addressing the gathering, said the Uttara Kannada district was large and could be divided into two. It is not possible for one district in-charge minister to ensure development of Uttara Kannada district which has 11 taluks, said Asnotikar, who is also the district incharge minister.

source:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/230582/minister-drives-bus-hits-auto.html

schumi0101

February 28th, 2012, 01:09 PM

KSRTC Mark l Volvo

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engineer.akash

February 28th, 2012, 04:47 PM

Koppal

http://i39.tinypic.com/8yxqvp.jpg

CC Karnataka news

schumi0101

February 29th, 2012, 06:54 AM

KSRTC Benz Multi Axle bus at Bangalore

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nrsrini

February 29th, 2012, 09:34 AM

KSRTC Mysore Rural Division has introduced summer spl Rajahamsa and Saarige bus from Mysore to Madurai. The dep timings on both sides are 10.05pm for the Rajahamsa and for the Saarige, Mys : 8.30pm and Madurai : 9.35pm

schumi0101

March 1st, 2012, 08:04 PM

Kolaphur bound NWKRTC resting at KBS

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kadri_007

March 2nd, 2012, 03:21 AM

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-b11pryPLAxY/T0eoTJGBQHI/AAAAAAAAmME/toasK6QYIX0/s800/YK_4601.jpg

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RvPo_p4GtT4/T0eoJxf7dJI/AAAAAAAAmLw/b3pULMRdVkk/s800/YK_4599.jpg

ss87

March 2nd, 2012, 12:11 PM

Travelled by KA-18-F-542 between Bangalore and Hassan monday evening-was in the left side seat-the bus was from CKM Depot and was running to chikmaglur

I loved the way the bus was driven-the driver stuck to the lane in the lane strech till Bellur cross after which he stopped for break-couldnt hear much of honking in the entire route(Almost nil)-there wasnt any unenecessary braking or overtakes made anywhere-a comfortable journey made for passengers

The bus left majestic at 4:15PM and when it crossed Gorgunte palya it was 4:50Pm-Nelamangla bye-pass was crossed at 5:10PM and a smooth ride with a brake for almost 15 mins I was dropped at the Police station circle in Hassan at 8:05PM-186 kms covered in 3hrs 55 mins flat and actual running time being 3 hrs 40 mins(15 mins was for the brake)

Return journey was in Horanadu-Bangalore Vaibhav yesterday -my 1st journey by a Vaibhav class bus-comfortable seats and pick up was good-the ticket cateogorized it as Semi-deluxe-bus was 50% full at Hassan and about 15 more got in at channarayapatna-came almost at speed of Rajahamsa(There was a Dharmastala-mantralaya Rajahamsa following it but never got to overtake)-Fare was Rs.166 as against 139 by an Express-left at 2:10Pm from Hassan and reached Nelamangla at 4:50PM after a 15 minute break enroute-Yeshvantapur was crossed at 5:15PM but then jams at Sujatha ensured we reach majestic only at 6PM-a good journey and driving overall-seriously enjoyed the spacing done during overtakes

Kudos to both the drivers for making my journey comfortable

Mahesh Nanjunda

March 2nd, 2012, 12:40 PM

^^ Did you take any photos?

ss87

March 2nd, 2012, 01:27 PM

Yes of the vaibhava-but dont have a chord to update them from mobile-will do it soon

schumi0101

March 2nd, 2012, 05:42 PM

This post is dedicated to all the men and women who work behind the scenes in KSRTC (Volvo Depot) to ensure we have a safe and comfortable journey (Part 1)

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9WAiBDJqA4c/T0of3hw0qCI/AAAAAAAAAz8/NUEt-3MP_8I/s640/DSC_0330.JPG

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v_KdK6xJQbQ/T0ogFgKGnII/AAAAAAAAA0Q/LyZtM3hgxik/s640/DSC_0336.JPG

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puneethgs

March 3rd, 2012, 06:50 AM

I saw Karnataka Vaibhava buses KA 13 F 1949 and KA13 F 1950 b/w BNG HSN.

ss87

March 3rd, 2012, 08:23 AM

Yes-Vaibhava's seem to have increased-i thought only Bangalore-Dharmastala had Vaibhavas until I saw the Hassan bus stand where it said Bangalore-Kukke and Bangalore-Horanadu too had them-also in the 4 hrs travel to bangalore spotted almost 4-5 Vaibhavs going towards Hassan

My bus was KA-01-F-933x

engineer.akash

March 3rd, 2012, 08:28 AM

^^Nice pics schumi :cheers:

ss87

March 3rd, 2012, 09:39 AM

Enroute to Hassan and back this week saw some KSRTC buses with board Nelamangla-Kunigal in the nagara sarige livery-the side said "Bus station shuttle service"-have som ebuses of KBS-MCTC route tranferred to Nelamangla-Kunigal route

Also noticed an interesting thing in bus routes of Hassan-they have given different numbers for up and down services like trains Eg: 201 was Dairy Circle to Kandalli whereas 202 was for Kandalli to Dairy circle-similarly 103 was Old bus stand to new bus stand whereas 104 was new bus stand to old bus stand

schumi0101

March 3rd, 2012, 12:41 PM

Davangere bound Karnataka Vaibhava

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http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p46L_il1ZDc/T0naLKHozxI/AAAAAAAAA4M/0ndjnFhpK38/s640/DSC_0383.JPG

nrsrini

March 3rd, 2012, 06:14 PM

I saw Karnataka Vaibhava buses KA 13 F 1949 and KA13 F 1950 b/w BNG HSN.

Hassan Depot has got the luxury bus for the first ever time !!! Which routes are these being operated on ?

schumi0101

March 4th, 2012, 08:22 AM

The priceless beauties lined up at Depot 4.

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3Pl5diEwIzE/T0ykFKLMuoI/AAAAAAAABPE/VUb5o-EBevE/s800/DSC03431.JPG

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CcU8x-rqmKo/T0yzdloeK5I/AAAAAAAABU8/QspaLrRsCgI/s800/DSC03476.JPG

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-NdkyE5taL9s/T0ymZLGF54I/AAAAAAAABQc/sg78EABFQME/s800/DSC03439.JPG

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xla-BdOUnX8/T0yoJtsmGXI/AAAAAAAABRA/OzoFjBjzOEs/s800/DSC03443.JPG

engineer.akash

March 4th, 2012, 08:24 AM

^^wow

schumi0101

March 4th, 2012, 08:29 AM

A NEKRTC Corona Sleeper

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VW_vWeg8UME/T0nGxIoYJOI/AAAAAAAAA4M/CM3uXzpQZc0/s800/DSC_0256.JPG

prince02

March 4th, 2012, 10:22 AM

[QUOTE=schumi0101;89122002]The priceless beauties lined up at Depot 4.

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3Pl5diEwIzE/T0ykFKLMuoI/AAAAAAAABPE/VUb5o-EBevE/s800/DSC03431.JPG

really cool..

ss87

March 4th, 2012, 10:50 AM

Davangere bound Karnataka Vaibhava
http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p46L_il1ZDc/T0naLKHozxI/AAAAAAAAA4M/0ndjnFhpK38/s640/DSC_0383.JPG

The board says Shivamogga

ss87

March 4th, 2012, 10:50 AM

engineer.akash

March 4th, 2012, 05:53 PM

"Ganpati Bappa Effect on Government KSRTC Buss. . . in Gulbarga Center Bus Stand"||Ganpati Bappa moriya||
GULBARGA NEWS

http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/294873_247739478597787_236621579709577_685827_2261499_n.jpg

vspdwd

March 5th, 2012, 02:48 PM

The priceless beauties lined up at Depot 4.

:cheers::cheers:

schumi0101

March 5th, 2012, 03:01 PM

Airavat Club Class

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0isuoFuefdo/T0nXEQr-AuI/AAAAAAAAA4M/h2IIhq_RKOs/s800/DSC_0345.JPG

akhilesh kinnigoli

March 5th, 2012, 03:31 PM

^^Wow.These white elephants are awesome.
Thanks to Kasrts for giving its service to is

maswath

March 6th, 2012, 05:56 PM

dilipr

March 7th, 2012, 04:06 AM

Today spotted a NWKRTC KS bus belonging to Hanagal depot operating Hubli - BLR - Tirupati at 19:30 near BRV signal in BLR, This is the 2nd KS bus between Hubli - Tirupati, another one is operating via Chintamani bypassing BLR

ALso we have one multi-axle volvo from NWKRTC( yellow colour) running between balgaum and tripathi via bangalore . It starts from tirupathi around 4clcok in the evening.

ss87

March 7th, 2012, 03:30 PM

ALso we have one multi-axle volvo from NWKRTC( yellow colour) running between balgaum and tripathi via bangalore . It starts from tirupathi around 4clcok in the evening.

There is also one gold class to Chennai from Belgaum I guess

schumi0101

March 7th, 2012, 03:49 PM

There is also one gold class to Chennai from Belgaum I guess

Yes, The gold class departs from Belgaum at 12:15pm and reaches Chennai via Bangalore at around 6am

kadri_007

March 8th, 2012, 08:06 AM

Here's my KSRTC Non AC Sleeper bus review with pics..

The images posted from Picasa are not showing hence providing the direct link.

http://www.yeshwanthlive.com/blog/ksrtc-sleeper-bus-review

sumsumne

March 8th, 2012, 10:02 AM

KSRTC introduces Prayanothsava - 2012 - http://www.ksrtc.in/site/offer
30% discount on every 4th ride.

sumsumne

March 8th, 2012, 10:13 AM

Sooper schumi0101 sooper! :banana:

The priceless beauties lined up at Depot 4.

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3Pl5diEwIzE/T0ykFKLMuoI/AAAAAAAABPE/VUb5o-EBevE/s800/DSC03431.JPG

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CcU8x-rqmKo/T0yzdloeK5I/AAAAAAAABU8/QspaLrRsCgI/s800/DSC03476.JPG

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-NdkyE5taL9s/T0ymZLGF54I/AAAAAAAABQc/sg78EABFQME/s800/DSC03439.JPG

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s.yogendra

March 11th, 2012, 07:26 AM

KSRTC's new services

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will be introducing new bus services from Bangalore to Chennai, Tirupati, Nellur, Pune, Kodaikenal and Mumbai from March 30. These are in addition to the existing bus services operated by the corporation. The bus services to Chennai (Rajahamsa), Tirupati, Nellur, Kodaikanal and Mumbai (Borivali) will commence from March 30. The service to Chennai (non–AC sleeper), Pune, and Mumbai Central will commence from April 4, a KSRTC release stated.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2983573.ece

s.yogendra

March 11th, 2012, 07:26 AM

Road transport workers' unions to stage dharna on Tuesday

Members of workers' unions of four road transport corporations namely Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, North-Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation and North-Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation that are affiliated to the AITUC, INTUC, BMS, and Akhila Karnataka Rajya Raste Noukarara Mahamandali, and KSRTC SC/ST Officer and Workers Welfare Union will stage a dharna on March 13 near KSRTC Central Office on Kengal Hanumanthaiah Road in Bangalore.

The KSRTC Staff and Workers' Federation general secretary H.V. Ananthasubba Rao, INTUC leaders A.V. Borashetty and K.R. Vijayakumar, noukarara mahamandali's Gangadharaiah, BMS's Nagabhushana and SC/ST Union's Mallikarjuna Murthy told presspersons that the 1.10 lakh workers in four road transport corporations were deprived of basic labour rights and privileges.

Mr. Ananthasubba Rao said 33,000 trainees were being paid Rs. 3,500 a month for several years now because for the past 16 years the government and the management had refused to sign any reasonable agreement with the worker's federation or hold any negotiations with them.

Mr. Rao alleged that the managements were taking unilateral decisions on wages and other demands of workers.

He urged the government to re-introduce the system of reaching a consensus on wages and other demands of the workers by way of holding bilateral talks.

Mr. Ananthasubba Rao said that in the past 16 years over a 1,000 workers have been arrested on several charges and they have been deprived of their rights.

He said that the managements always resorted to police or courts instead of the Labour Department, which settled the workers' disputes till 1995 after which “the reign of terror was unleashed by the managements”.

Describing the appalling condition in which drivers, conductors, mechanics and other staff members work in the road transport corporations, Mr. Rao said that many of them are punished by way of imposing a cut in their increments or postponing increments, suspending or dismissing workers.

He said such a kind of suppression was unheard of in any government institution in the country.

On an average, every year almost 2,000 workers were dismissed.

In this age of high wages and salaries, Mr. Rao and Mr. Lakshman said that drivers and conductors who work for 12 to 14 hours a day get a meagre wage of Rs. 5,500 a month besides bata charges.

They said that the union leaders and workers were facing 9,400 cases in various courts for conciliation and adjudication.

The managements had collected fine totalling Rs. 2 crore from workers by way of deducting the amount from their wages. Mr. Rao said that there were about 5,500 women workers who were being put to a lot of hardship by officers, especially men who even subject them to sexual harassment.

He said that the federation was in possession of CDs which had recorded the harrowing tales of women workers. He also said that Transport Minister R. Ashok had not held a single meeting with them.

Mr. Lakshman said that a driver had to do 22 trips between J.J. Nagar and City Market despite heavy traffic on Mysore Road. By the time a driver is 40 years old, he gets all diseases, he added.

Workers say they have been deprived of basic rights and privileges

Union leaders say the management has not held talks on workers issues with them for 16 yearshttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2983576.ece

vspdwd

March 11th, 2012, 09:31 AM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7041/6825512320_e3a21cc1f9_b.jpg

engineer.akash

March 11th, 2012, 09:37 AM

e Tadas yelli idhae?

vspdwd

March 11th, 2012, 09:42 AM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7178/6825513106_6c9e221f23_b.jpg

vspdwd

March 11th, 2012, 09:44 AM

e Tadas yelli idhae?
Tadas is a small village off NH4 on SH69 nearly 20 km from Hubli. Its famous for its Gayatri temple (can be seen from NH4).

engineer.akash

March 11th, 2012, 09:45 AM

Tadas is a small village off NH4 on SH69 nearly 20 km from Hubli. Its famous for its Gayatri temple (can be seen from NH4).

Thanks for the info,SH69 meaning towards Belgaum? Tadas is a nice name :)

vspdwd

March 11th, 2012, 09:46 AM

Thanks for the info,SH69 meaning towards Belgaum? Tadas is a nice name :)
No Sirsi road.

prince02

March 11th, 2012, 10:28 AM

Road transport workers' unions to stage dharna on Tuesday

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2983576.ece

Such a bad treatment by KSRTC management. it is difficult to imagine such things exist in our KSRTC

engineer.akash

March 12th, 2012, 06:03 PM

KSRTC challenges public to spot polluting buses

BANGALORE: Armed Armed with emission certificates for its fleet of 7599 buses and supported by a strict checking regime, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has thrown an open challenge to citizens to spot and report a smoke emitting KSRTC bus.

Citizens can earn a reward of Rs 1000 by reporting the registration number of the polluting bus to the corporation. As a part of its initiative to ensure low emissions from its buses, KSRTC had earlier introduced this scheme with a reward of `200 which over the years has been raised to Rs 1000 as the checking schedules become stricter.

The Road Transport Corporation (RTC) has an extensive fleet checking regime which ensures that all 7599 buses are checked once a month for smoke emission levels inspite of the fact that the Motor Vehicles Act states that the fleet must be checked once in six months. This has given KSRTC the confidence reward citizens for reporting polluting buses.

Also, the RTC in the past few years has been researching the use of Ethanol and bio-diesel as an economic and environment friendly alternative to fossil fuels.
1000 buses currently run on these eco-friendly fuels and ten depots including Doddabellapur (2005) are already opertional and a further 15 more have been identified for blending Diesel with Ethanol.
This has resulted in a lowering of emissions by almost 20-40% for KSRTC.
Buses also use various other technologies for improving emission levels like fuel additives and other patented technologies currently operational in Depot-1 in Bangalore.
KSRTC is also experimenting with water induction technologies which depending on the engine can result in power and fuel efficiency. “Water injection may also be used to reduce carbon monoxide emissions,” said an official.

“Once a person lodges a complaint with the local city depot or bus stand, the RTC will run another check on the bus number mentioned and if the emission check carried out proves that levels are beyond the prescribed 65 HSU (Hartridge Smoke Unit) the person will be eligible for the award,” said Latha, PRO of KSRTC.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ksrtc-challenges-public-to-spot-polluting-buses/238378-60-115.html

schumi0101

March 12th, 2012, 08:38 PM

Airavath Club Class at Depot 4

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s.yogendra

March 12th, 2012, 08:48 PM

now Hunsur Bus Depot have received 13 new Cauvery City Buses :cheers:

week back HD kote has received Cauvery City Buses

s.yogendra

March 13th, 2012, 05:45 AM

KSRTC service to Mumbai

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has introduced a Volvo bus service between Shimoga and Mumbai. In a press release, the manager of the KSRTC Shimoga depot has said that the bus will leave Shimoga at 4.45 p.m. and reach Mumbai at 7 a.m. via Harihar, Hubli, Belgaum, Kolhapur and Pune. The bus will leave Mumbai at 4.30 p.m. and will reach Shimoga at 7 a.m. — Staff Correspondenthttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2990026.ece

maswath

March 13th, 2012, 09:27 AM

KSRTC service to Mumbai

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2990026.ece

This is old news, SMG-MUM is operational from past six months, another case of bad reporting by journalists

nrsrini

March 13th, 2012, 09:42 AM

This is old news, SMG-MUM is operational from past six months, another case of bad reporting by journalists

yes, and the bus runs via Davanagere which hasn't been reported

nrsrini

March 13th, 2012, 12:29 PM

now Hunsur Bus Depot have received 13 new Cauvery City Buses :cheers:

week back HD kote has received Cauvery City Buses

Where will these city buses be deployed to ?

nrsrini

March 13th, 2012, 12:30 PM

Schedules of new services from bangalore :

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308564242530269&set=a.121403601246335.28397.118578951528800&type=1&theater

prince02

March 14th, 2012, 05:48 AM

yes, and the bus runs via Davanagere which hasn't been reported

Yes..its an old service but they do not enter Davangere anymore

Cosmicbliss

March 14th, 2012, 04:29 PM

Hi guys I've seen buses abroad with toilets as in the Greyhound bus service in USA and Spatco in the Middle East, but I've hardly ever seen those buses in India. Can't KSRTC or some other agency, maybe even private agency, introduce these kind of buses in India? I'm really curious to know we hardly see such buses in India. Is it the cost factor? :ohno:

schumi0101

March 14th, 2012, 05:10 PM

Cosmicbliss

March 15th, 2012, 08:34 AM

^^ I remember seeing a post here in which a Merc Benz from Parveen travels having flush toilet inside the bus. Besides the toilet, the bus also has a state of the art coffee machine and an inbuilt refrigerator. :cheers:

Yes, cost factor applies here however, civic sense plays a major role here in which we fair very badly. :bash:

However if this system is introduced on long route buses, it would be of a huge convenience to the passengers.

I am recommending this to KSRTC as I feel they always take the initiative in all things like this. Also, there is no KSRTC sleeper bus service on Pune-Bangalore/Mumbai-Bangalore route. There is only Raj Travels and people like mt mom can't travel by normal way so sleeper is a must. KSRTC should really start it. I don't know how to put this across to them. I am not satisfied with Raj Travels.

maswath

March 15th, 2012, 10:37 AM

I am recommending this to KSRTC as I feel they always take the initiative in all things like this. Also, there is no KSRTC sleeper bus service on Pune-Bangalore/Mumbai-Bangalore route. There is only Raj Travels and people like mt mom can't travel by normal way so sleeper is a must. KSRTC should really start it. I don't know how to put this across to them. I am not satisfied with Raj Travels.

please post in KSRTC facebook page, some of the recommendations have really been implemented

engineer.akash

March 15th, 2012, 10:41 AM

please post in KSRTC facebook page, some of the recommendations have really been implemented

True

Cosmicbliss

March 16th, 2012, 09:04 AM

How exactly?

schumi0101

March 16th, 2012, 08:42 PM

Airavath Club Class at Depot-4, Bangalore

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maswath

March 17th, 2012, 09:10 AM

KSRTC new non AC sleeper services

BLR - Bijapur - departure 1900 (upgrade from RH)
BLR - Heggodu - departure 2300 (upgrade from RH)
BLR - Hyderabad - departure 2130 (upgrade from RH)
BLR - Chennai - departure 2245
BLR - Pondy - departure 2200

nrsrini

March 17th, 2012, 12:48 PM

List of Summer Special Services by KSRTC:
1. Mysore-Ooty : Karnataka Saarige : 8am, 3.45pm, 5pm
2. Mysore-Coimbatore : Karnataka Saarige : 8.45am, 11am, 11pm
3. Mysore-Tirupur : Karnataka Saarige : 3.45pm, 5pm
4. Mysore-Madurai : Rajahamsa : 10pm ; Karnataka Saarige : 8.35pm
5. Mysore-Chennai : Non-AC Sleeper : 8pm
6. Mysore-Ernakulam : Airavat : 6pm
7. Bangalore-Chennai : Non-AC Sleeper : 10.45pm ; Rajahamsa : 9.49pm, 10.21pm
8. Bangalore-Madurai : Rajahamsa : 8.30pm
9. Bangalore-Mumbai : Airavat Multi-axle : 12.30pm, 2pm
10. Bangalore-Poona : Airavat Multi-axle : 6pm
11. Bangalore-Nellore : Rajahamsa : 9pm
12. Bangalore-Pondichery : Non-AC Sleeper : 10pm

engineer.akash

March 19th, 2012, 06:12 PM

The only state in India where Govt and private face stiff competition

Body Built at Alma Motors,belgaum..Top class body coach

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ss87

March 19th, 2012, 06:30 PM

ss87

March 19th, 2012, 06:32 PM

Travelled by KSRTC Volvo from Bangalore to Balehonnur in 18th march-just a gist report

Reached majestic bus stand at 9:45Pm thanks to the AC marcopolo and scanty traffic a surprise for sunday-my bus was scheduled at 10:30PM(2227 as per ticket)

Majestic bus stand was chaotic-the 10Pm Rajahamsa to Sringeri were wating for the passengers and clock-the Dharmstala rajahamsas were right next to each other(About 4 of themn) and conductors shouting out their time standing next to it-the Vaibhava to Kukke subramanya left and another took its place

Among the chaos at 9:55Pm an Airavath danced its way through in its elegant style like a majestic white elephant-my bus the 2227 Sringeri-the door opened and I boarded it-the 10Pm Sringeri Rajahamsa left and my bus reversed into the empty bay it left

passengers boarded-time ticked-bus was almost full-tried to sleep but waited for blanket-AC effect fantastic-water botlle and blankerts were given at 10:35Pm-i closed my eyes-felt bus was moving-woke up-clock said 10:55PM-we were exiting the chaotic majestic

Had quite a good sleep-felt the dance-wokeup-we were entering Channarayapatna bus stand-Time was 01:10AM-a good 2hrs 20 mins only for the 140 kms ride(5 mins we waited at jalahalli cross too)

started at 01:25AM and I slept again-woke up for dance again and this time it was chikmaglur bus stand at 3AM-1.5 hrs for 100kms-we left from CKM at 3:20AM-stopped at Aldur again and I was surprised for 3 passengers got down here-We overtook the 10Pm rajahamsa and the 9:30Pm rajahamsa along with an express bus -heard conductor call out Balehonnur and woke up to get down-the single passenger to get down-04:45AM-Exact 5 hrs to cover the 300km strech without much disturbances and good sleep except for some 2-3 sudden breaks in middle-A good journey

Of course bus journey at night has its toll-compensated by 1.5 hrs sleep in morning and another 1.5 hrs sleep in afternoon

Krishnamoorthy K

March 20th, 2012, 02:45 PM

Anil Kumar Sastry

* I-T Department freezes their bank accounts; services may be hit
* The State government has requested the Union Ministries concerned to withdraw the declassification order.

With the Income Tax (I-T) Department freezing the bank accounts of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), bus services in the State are likely to be hit in the next two or three days.

“Bank accounts of the KSRTC and the BMTC have been frozen as they failed to pay Rs. 23 crore and Rs. 39.77 crore income tax respectively for the assessment year 2009-10,” said sources in the I-T Department. The corporations, which earlier had the status of ‘charitable institutions' were declassified by the I-T Department on the grounds that they were engaged in commercial activities, leading to the present crisis.

Sources in the corporations, acknowledging that the bank accounts were frozen on Friday, said weekly advance payments towards fuel, made every Saturday to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., had already been affected. “If we do not make the advance payment, IOCL may stop supplying fuel in two or three days, and that will affect services,” sources said. The corporations are also in a bind over depositing daily operational revenue collections. While the KSRTC earns nearly Rs. 5.5 crore, the BMTC earns about Rs. 3 crore. The freeze also affects hundreds of other financial transactions, including payment to vendors and the like, sources said.

The complete restriction on bank transactions has come at a time when appeals challenging the demand notice as well as the declassification are pending before the appellate authority of the I-T Department.

The I-T Department, in its order cancelling their registration as charitable institutions, said a new provision in Section 2 (15) of the Finance Act makes commercial activities non-charitable if income from commercial activities in the previous year exceeds Rs. 10 lakh.

The road transport corporations, the department said, were also hiring out buses, leasing commercial spaces and charging for displaying advertisements on buses. The activities are purely commercial and the exemption granted under Section 11 was liable to be cancelled, it said.

While the KSRTC declared a profit of Rs. 57 crore, the BMTC declared a profit of Rs. 55 crore for the assessment year 2009-10.

The department also disallowed depreciation claims of Rs. 162 crore and Rs. 32.76 crore by these corporations.

‘Regressive move'

Terming the department's move regressive, sources in the corporation said they were compelled to undertake commercial activities to sustain operations and augment services.

The State government has also stepped in to resolve the crisis. The Chief Secretary and the Chief Minister are learnt to have written to the Union Ministries concerned to withdraw the notices and the declassification order.

Sources said the department was wrong in removing the ‘charitable institution' status of these corporations. Besides, the calculation of taxable income too was wrong as depreciation was disallowed. The value of buses depreciated every year and the department should have taken note of this aspect.

* Corporations lose ‘charitable institution' status
* They have not paid income tax for 2009-10

The Hindu (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article3008382.ece)

devaraju

March 21st, 2012, 09:36 AM

ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಸಿ ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ

ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಸಿ, ಡಿಎಂ ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆ: ಖಾಸಗಿ

ಮಂಗಳೂರು : ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಸಿಟಿ ಬಸ್*ಗಳಿಗೆ ಪವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ರಾಜ್ಯ ರಸ್ತೆ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ (ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿಸಿ) ವಾದಿಸಿದರೆ, ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವುದು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ದಂಡಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆ (ಡಿಸ್ಟ್ರಿಕ್ಟ್ ಮ್ಯಾಜಿಸ್ಟ್ರೇಟ್ ನೋಟಿಫಿಕೇಶನ್)ಯ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದು ಖಾಸಗಿ ಬಸ್ ಮಾಲಕರು ಅಕ್ಷೇಪಣೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದರು.

ದ.ಕ. ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಕಚೇರಿ ಸಭಾಂಗಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಗುರುವಾರ ಜರಗಿದ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರ(ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಎ)ದ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಕುರಿಂತೆ ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಸಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯವರು ಪರ ಹಾಗೂ ವಿರೋಧ ವಾದ ಮಂಡಿಸಿದರು.

ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಸಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯವರು ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್-ತಲಪಾಡಿ 22 ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್ ಗಳು (224 ರೌಂಡ್ ಟ್ರಿಪ್*ಗ್ಳು), ಮಂಗಳಾದೇವಿ-ಬೊಂದೇಲ್ ನಡುವೆ 6 ಸಿಟಿ ಬಸ್*ಗಳು (54 ರೌಂಡ್ ಟ್ರಿಪ್*ಗ್ಳು) ಹಾಗೂ ಮಂಗಳಾದೇವಿ- ಕುಂಜತ್ತಬೈಲ್ ನಡುವೆ 9 ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್ಗಳಿಗೆ (87 ರೌಂಡ್ ಟ್ರಿಪ್*ಗ್ಳು) (ಒಟ್ಟು 374 ರೌಂಡ್ ಟ್ರಿಪ್*ಗ್ಳು) ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಕೋರಿ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಮನ್ನಿಸಿ ಉದ್ದೇಶಿತ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಸಿಟಿ ಬಸ್*ಗಳ ಸಂಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಕೋರಿ ಅರ್ಜಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. 1991ರ ಡಿಎಂ ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಟೇಟ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕಿಗೆ ನೂತನ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆಗೆ ನಿಷೇಧವಿದೆ. ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿರುವ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆಯ ಬಸ್ ಗಳು ಸ್ಟೇಟ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಗೆ ಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಅವುಗಳು ಜ್ಯೋತಿ ಮೂಲಕ ಕಂಕನಾಡಿಗೆ ಸಂಚರಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಅದುದರಿಂದ ಡಿಎಂ ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆಯಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಉದ್ದೇಶಿತ ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಡಿಎಂ ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆಯ ಬಳಿಕ ಹಲವಾರು ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್ ಗಳಿಗೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಸಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಕಾನೂನು ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ವಾದ ಮಂಡಿಸಿದರು.

ಸರಕಾರಿ ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಗೆ ಹಲವಾರು ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಗಳು ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತವೆ. 1ರಿಂದ 7ನೇ ತರಗತಿ ವರೆಗಿನ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ, ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರಿಗೆ ರಿಯಾಯತಿ ಇದೆ. ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಬಸ್ ಪಾಸ್ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಇದೆ. ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಕೆಲವು ಕಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಉತ್ತಮ ಸೇವೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಖಾಸಗಿ ಬಸ್ ಸೇವೆಯ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರು ದೂರುಗಳು ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾಗುತ್ತಿವೆ. ಅದುದರಿಂದ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಕೋರಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿರುವ ಅರ್ಜಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾನ್ಯ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಸಿ ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡಿತು.

ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಸಿ ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್ ಗಳಿಗೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವುದನ್ನು ವಿರೋಧಿಸಿದ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಪರ ನ್ಯಾಯವಾದಿಗಳು ಜ್ಯೋತಿವೃತ್ತ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖೀಸಿರುವ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳು ಡಿಎಂ ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸೇರಿದೆ. ಅದುದರಿಂದ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವುದು ಅಧಿಸೂಚನೆಯ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆಯಾಗುತ್ತೆ ಎಂದು ವಾದಿಸಿದರು.

ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದೊಳಗೆ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಬಸ್ ಗಳಿಗೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವುದರಿಂದ ವಾಹನ ದಟ್ಟಣೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ರಸ್ತೆ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯೂ ಹೊಸ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ . ಮಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್ ಗಳು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ತಮ ಸೇವೆಯನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತಿವೆ. ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ರಿಯಾಯತಿ ದರದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಸ್ ಪಾಸ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತಿವೆ. ಖಾಸಗಿ ಬಸ್ ಗಳಿಂದ ಸರಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಸಂದಾಯವಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್ ಗಳು ಚಾಲನೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅವುಗಳ ಸೇವೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ದೂರುಗಳಿವೆ. ಅದುದರಿಂದ ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಸಿ ಸಿಟಿಬಸ್*ಗಳಿಗೆ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ವಾದ ಮಂಡಿಸಿದರು.

ನಮ್ಮದೇ ಬಾಕಿ ಇರುವಾಗ ...

1990ರಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 1,000 ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಜಿಗಳು ಇತ್ಯರ್ಥಕ್ಕೆ ಬಾಕಿ ಇರುವಾಗ ಕೆಎಸ್*ಆರ್*ಟಿಸಿಯವರು ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗಷ್ಟೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಅರ್ಜಿಗಳನ್ನು ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣನೆಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ಸರಿಯಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಅವರು ಆಕ್ಷೇಪಿಸಿದರು.

ಉಪ್ಪಿನಂಗಡಿ- ಮುರ, ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್- ಮೆಲ್ಕಾರ್, ಉಪ್ಪಿನಂಗಡಿ- ಕಾಯರ್ಪಾಡಿ ವಯಾ ಇಳಂತಿಲ, ಬೆಳ್ತಂಗಡಿ- ಗುರುವಾಯನಕೆರೆ, ಮಣಿಹಳ್ಳ ಸೇತುವೆ- ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ರೋಡ್*, ಮೇರೆಮಜಲು ಕ್ರಾಸ್*- ಫರಂಗಿಪೇಟೆ ಮುಂತಾದ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಬಸ್* ಸಂಚಾರ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆಗೆ ಕೆ.ಎಸ್.ಆರ್.ಟಿ.ಸಿ ವಿರೋಧಿಸಿತು. ಈ ಮಾರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ನೀಡುವುದು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಕೃತ ಮಾರ್ಗ ನಿಯಮಕ್ಕೆ ವಿರೋಧವಾಗುವುದರಿಂದ ಖಾಸಗಿಯವರು ಪರವಾನಿಗೆ ಕೋರಿ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿರುವ ಅರ್ಜಿಗಳನ್ನು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡಿತು.

ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ, ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಸುಬೋಧ್* ಯಾದವ್*, ಸದಸ್ಯ ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿ, ಆರ್.ಟಿ .ಒ ಸೇವಾ ನಾಯಕ್, ಎಸ್ಪಿ ಡಾ| ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣೇಶ್ವರ ರಾವ್ , ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ ಎಸ್ಪಿ ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ್ ಮುಂತಾದವರು ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು.

ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದ ನಿರ್ಧಾರ ಈ ತಿಂಗಳ ಅಂತ್ಯದೊಳಗೆ ಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಸಂಭವ ಇದೆ ಎಂದು ಸಭೆಯ ಬಳಿಕ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿಯವರು ಸುದ್ದಿಗಾರರಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು.

ಕಲಾಪ ಸಕ್ರಮವಲ್ಲ : ನ್ಯಾಯವಾದಿ ಆಕ್ಷೇಪ

ನ್ಯಾಯವಾದಿಯೋರ್ವರು ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಆಕ್ಷೇಪ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದ ಇಂದಿನ ಕಲಾಪವನ್ನು ಸಂದಿಗ್ಧತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕಿಸಿದೆ. ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರದ ಸದಸ್ಯ, ಎಸ್ಪಿ ಡಾ| ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣೇಶ್ವರ ರಾವ್ ಅವರು ಕಲಾಪ ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡ ಅರ್ಧತಾಸಿನ ಬಳಿಕ ಸಭೆಯಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಗಮಿಸಿದರು. ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ ಎಸ್ಪಿ ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ್* ಅವರು ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು.

ಕಲಾಪ ಮುಂದುವರಿಯಿತು. ಖಾಸಗಿ ಬಸ್ ಮಾಲಕರ ಪರವಾಗಿ ವಾದ ಮಂಡಿಸಲು ಆಗಮಿಸಿದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ನ್ಯಾಯವಾದಿ ಬಿ.ಆರ್.ಎಸ್. ಗುಪ್ತಾ ಅವರು ಒಂದು ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಭೆಯ ಸಿಂಧುತ್ವದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಎತ್ತಿದರು. ಮೋಟಾರ್* ವಾಹನ ಕಾಯಿದೆ ಸೆಕ್ಷನ್ 68ರ ನಿಯಮ 53ರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಸಭೆಯ ಕಲಾಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಸದಸ್ಯ ಎಸ್ಪಿಯವರು ಉಪಸ್ಥಿರಲೇ ಬೇಕು. ಇವರ ಪೈಕಿ ಯಾರೊಬ್ಬರ ಅನುಪಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಗುವ ಕಲಾಪ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಮೋಟಾರ್ ಕಾಯ್ದೆಯ ನಿಯಗಳ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಅಸಿಂಧುವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇದನ್ನು ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಬಹುದಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಸಭೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರ ಗಮನ ಸೆಳೆದರು.

http://www.udayavani.com/news/41288L15-%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%B8--%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%B0--%E0%B2%9F-%E0%B2%B8--%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%9F-%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%B8---%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B5-%E0%B2%A8-%E0%B2%97--%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%A8-%E0%B2%95-%E0%B2%AC-%E0%B2%A1-%E0%B2%95-.html

kadri_007

March 21st, 2012, 07:43 PM

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schumi0101

March 22nd, 2012, 09:59 PM

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^^ Mangalore Bus Stand???

maswath

March 23rd, 2012, 05:55 AM

binaiks

March 23rd, 2012, 12:37 PM

Looks like NWKRTC has received another set of B9R buses and have started Hubli-Chennai, the new service starts at 22:30 from Hubli, can anyone confirm this

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/640/chn2.jpg

It is showing up for reservation only in the Hubli-Chennai direction. It is not showing up on the opposite direction. Guess they got a pair of buses - but they are yet to update the opposite trip. Since the Hubli-Chennai trip would be landing up at Chennai only around 1300hrs, the return trip would also have a night departure from Chennai.

schumi0101

March 25th, 2012, 05:34 PM

nrsrini

March 26th, 2012, 07:05 AM

It is showing up for reservation only in the Hubli-Chennai direction. It is not showing up on the opposite direction. Guess they got a pair of buses - but they are yet to update the opposite trip. Since the Hubli-Chennai trip would be landing up at Chennai only around 1300hrs, the return trip would also have a night departure from Chennai.

Belgaum-Chennai : Dep Timings BGM - 12.15pm, CHN - 1.15pm
Hubli-Chennai : Dep Timings HBL - 10.30pm, CHN - 4.30pm

devaraju

March 28th, 2012, 11:32 AM

KSRTC introduces new services

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has introduced one non-air conditioned sleeper service each to Gangavati and Sindhanoor, one Karnataka Vaibhava service to Chennai and one Karnataka Sarige service to Rayadurga from Bangalore. The Gangavati non-AC sleeper leaves Bangalore at 10 p.m. to reach the destination at 6 a.m. It leaves Gangavati at 9.30 p.m. to reach Bangalore at 5.30 a.m. The fare is Rs. 440. The Sindhanoor non-AC sleeper service leaves Bangalore at 9.30 p.m. to reach the destination at 6 a.m. In the return direction, it leaves Sindhanoor at 8.15 p.m. to reach Bangalore at 5.30 a.m. The fare is Rs. 505. The Vaibhava service leaves Bangalore at 10.40 p.m. to reach Chennai at 6 a.m. It leaves Chennai at 9.45 p.m. to reach Bangalore at 5 a.m. The fare is Rs. 248. The Karnataka Sarige service leaves Bangalore at 11 a.m. to reach Rayadurga at 6 p.m. It leaves Rayadurga at 10 p.m. to reach Bangalore at 5 a.m. The fare is Rs. 169.

binaiks

March 28th, 2012, 05:11 PM

Last night I was hanging out at a Coffee day on NH-4. I spotted 6 Gold Class buses b/w the span of 00:30am to 4:30am. Unfortunately lights on the destination boards were switched off and it was too dark to see the routes on which these buses were on.

I spotted the last gold class bus at around 4am. Can this be the second bus from Chennai...? :?

The Gold Class services touching Bangalore are:
1. Belgaum-Bangalore-Chennai (both ways at Bangalore around 2100~2200)
2. Belgaum-Bangalore-Tirupati (Towards Tirupati at around 7 am, and return around 10pm)
3. Hubli-Bangalore-Chennai (Towards Chennai at 7am and towards Hubli around 2300)

NWKRTC has received atleast 10 Gold Classes - 4 buses to Chennai, 4 to Hyderabad and 2 to Tirupati. 6 buses with Belgaum and 4 with Hubli.

maswath

March 28th, 2012, 08:24 PM

The Gold Class services touching Bangalore are:
1. Belgaum-Bangalore-Chennai (both ways at Bangalore around 2100~2200)
2. Belgaum-Bangalore-Tirupati (Towards Tirupati at around 7 am, and return around 10pm)
3. Hubli-Bangalore-Chennai (Towards Chennai at 7am and towards Hubli around 2300)

NWKRTC has received atleast 10 Gold Classes - 4 buses to Chennai, 4 to Hyderabad and 2 to Tirupati. 6 buses with Belgaum and 4 with Hubli.

Anyone has information of how many B9R Volvo buses, NWKRTC has ordered
also inform if NEKRTC will be procuring the Volvo buses

engineer.akash

March 30th, 2012, 07:22 AM

More AC buses to hit the road in Mysore from April 5

Comfortable:The KSRTC operates over 415 trips of AC buses daily in the city.— Photo: M.A. SRIRAM
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is likely to introduce more air-conditioned Volvo buses in the city in April and May. Reason: soaring temperature and holiday season.

The KSRTC operates over 415 trips of AC buses daily in the city and adjoining tourist destinations. Thirty-six Volvo AC buses ply on five routes — Chamundi Hills (nine schedules), Nanjangud (five schedules), Srirangapatna (three schedules), Yelwal (three schedules) and Infosys (15 schedules) in Hebbal industrial area. There are some services to Hebbal and BEML Nagar routes too.

KSRTC Divisional Controller (Urban) M.N. Srinivas told The Hindu that the number of trips of AC buses would go up from April 5. “We also run AC buses to Brindavan Gardens at Krishnaraja Sagar during summer. Our drivers get overtime allowance if the number of trips on the designated routes is increased following demand from commuters,” he said.

The marriage season also falls in April and May and the KSRTC expects more commuters to the city. Many tourists may also arrive here in the coming weeks to spend summer vacation.

“All these reasons have worked in favour of introducing more number of trips of AC buses in the city and surrounding places. Commuters can escape the summer heat (to some extent) while travelling in the cool confines of the AC buses,” said sources.

Mysore is the second city after Bangalore to have luxury public transport service. The premium bus services were introduced in November 2007. Following good patronage to inter-city long-distance AC bus services, they were introduced for city services on a trial run and regularised subsequently. The long-chassis 38-seater AC buses come with automatic gears and rear engine.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3260617.ece

engineer.akash

March 30th, 2012, 09:28 AM

Bus owners may unite for survival in Karnataka

Stung by the branded services of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and its other avatars in the districts, private bus operators are mulling over corporatising their operations by pooling their resources.

Private operators run over 8,000 vehicles in Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Chitradurga, DK, Udupi, Bellary, Davanagere, Shimoga, Tumkur, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and parts of Northern Karnataka districts.

“If we are not able to corporatise and operate under an umbrella organisation, I do not think we can survive for long. The KSRTC and its four sister organisations preside over 28,000 vehicles and all are less than three years old. This makes a perfect condition for the growth of the government or quasi government sector transport to flourish,” said Rajavarma Ballal, president of the State Private Bus Owners’ Federation.

But where do the private operators stand?
“Unfortunately, in the private sector each bus owner thinks for himself. Even if he is a single bus owner, he is not willing to join the corporatisation stream … as he is highly indebted to a bank or financier, while the KSRTC or any other state-run transport corporation in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and other states are flushed with central funds like JNNURM,” he said.

“I feel it may make sense for private operators if they are assured of returns in a corporatised operation. But since the KSRTC is towering above private operators who are badly fragmented, that is not possible,” said Bhaskar Salian, president of the Dakshina Kannada Bus Operators’

Association which has over 3000 buses under its banner.
Rabindra Nayak, who represents private bus transporters in Udupi, said corporatised private operations could work through a combined booking mechanism.

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_bus-owners-may-unite-for-survival-in-karnataka_1669274

Govt org fcuking private :banana::lol:

engineer.akash

March 30th, 2012, 09:51 AM

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:cheers:

engineer.akash

March 30th, 2012, 09:52 AM

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schumi0101

March 30th, 2012, 09:04 PM

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Feedback forms were being given by KSRTC for quite some time now. I remember filling one such form 2yrs ago when the Rajahamsa Compact Seat bus was introduced. However, its a very good move by KSRTC as this would help them understand the needs of the passengers and inturn serve us better... :cheers:

engineer.akash

March 31st, 2012, 07:38 AM

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engineer.akash

March 31st, 2012, 10:01 PM

New pick up points

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engineer.akash

March 31st, 2012, 10:02 PM

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engineer.akash

March 31st, 2012, 10:02 PM

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engineer.akash

March 31st, 2012, 10:23 PM

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bk3494

April 1st, 2012, 04:06 AM

BANGALORE: After being the pioneer in introducing various customer friendly measures, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) may introduce internet usage facilities through Wireless Technology or Wifi for passengers on its premium services.
According to sources in the KSRTC, the corporation is in the last stages of finalising a service provider for the services and are currently negotiating with two companies, who have shown interest. “We are in the process of gathering data and will be taking a decision soon,” said a senior official referring to the process of mapping customer profiles and usage across various sectors.
He added that KSRTC was also looking at placing individual television screens in the buses aided with satellite television accessibility. However, whether to provide the services� free or to charge� extra remains a question.”
Charging separately can be a hassle of course, it currently makes more sense to absorb the costs as they will not be staggering,” another official added. KSRTC may include the service cost as an optional item in the ticket price at the time of booking. Also hinting at further plans of introducing new buses, the official� added that KSRTC was considering the concept of buses which would� include� pantry and toilet facilities. Such buses are already operational in the Bangalore - Chennai sector but� are currently considered expensive by many regular travellers.

Source:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ksrtc-plans-to-offer-wifi-services/244376-60-115.html

engineer.akash

April 1st, 2012, 09:11 AM

^^Nice one :cheers:

engineer.akash

April 1st, 2012, 09:53 AM

A sexy bus

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/6877351562_ecfd7bab0f_b.jpg

suraj89

April 1st, 2012, 10:29 AM

http://www.deccanheraldepaper.com/pdf/2012/04/01/20120401a_003103001.jpg

:banana::cheers:

engineer.akash

April 1st, 2012, 12:15 PM

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engineer.akash

April 1st, 2012, 12:30 PM

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engineer.akash

April 1st, 2012, 04:39 PM

Cauvery SLF Mysore

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engineer.akash

April 1st, 2012, 04:50 PM

NWKRTC Belgaum city bus

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engineer.akash

April 1st, 2012, 04:52 PM

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s.yogendra

April 3rd, 2012, 05:11 AM

KSRTC neglecting public comfort, says Ramdas

The suburban bus-stand in the city, completed with funding under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), came under flak from the elected representatives, who alleged that the original plan had been changed with emphasis on commerce rather than passenger amenities.

The suburban bus-stand is the main spot for inter-State and intra-State services of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). Built and modernised at a cost of Rs. 23.53 crore, it was inaugurated on September 10, 2010.

But Minister for Medical Education S.A. Ramdas and A.H. Vishwanath, Mysore MP, who paid a visit to the bus-stand on Monday, cited violation of norms and dilution of passenger amenities for pursuing commercial gains.

Mr. Ramdas noted that the cloak room meant for travelling public had been shifted to the basement, and the waiting room had been let out to retail shopkeepers. He said shifting the cloak room defied logic as elderly citizens and general public, who would be tired after a strenuous journey, would not want to lug their luggage to the basement for depositing it there. Mr. Ramdas directed the officials to submit the original plan to him, and instructed the officials to rectify the lacunae.

Mr. Vishwanath was upset with the “lopsided” priorities of the authorities, and complained that passenger comfort had not been given priority.

The KSRTC was more keen on earning revenue from the commercial complex constructed at the bus terminal, he alleged.

He rued the absence of rest rooms and other facilities for bus drivers and conductors, and alleged that the contactors were riding roughshod over the KSRTC and the public.

It was also noted that the food at the local restaurant was expensive and beyond the reach of the common people while soft drinks were being charged at a rate higher than the maximum retail price. The Minister conducted a meeting with the KSRTC officials and sought a detailed report and clarifications on some of their findings during the spot inspection. The KSRTC authorities were directed to inquire into the complaints pertaining to vehicle parking.

Mr. Ramdas will convene a meeting with Deputy Commissioner P.S. Vastrad to set right the anomalies. The meeting will be held some time next week.http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3275343.ece