KSRTC/NWKRTC/NEKRTC -Updates & Developments

[s.yogendra]

Originally Posted by schumi0101

The twins posing





The Gold Class beauty

super pics schumi

they should avoid flag

[s.yogendra]

Gramanthra Sarage of chintamani depot





Copyrights:- anbu p

[s.yogendra]

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...cle2855822.ece

[schumi0101]

Originally Posted by vspdwd

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

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.

[schumi0101]

Originally Posted by s.yogendra

super pics schumi

they should avoid flag

I agree the flag could have been avoided...

[suhasrobben]

Originally Posted by schumi0101

I agree the flag could have been avoided...

Where were the pics clicked VJ???

[engineer.akash]

Looks like Bangalore kempe gowda bus terminal

[Manjunath kasigavi]

Originally Posted by s.yogendra

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...

[s.yogendra]

it has been done by NWKRTC not Volvo

[schumi0101]

Originally Posted by suhasrobben

Where were the pics clicked VJ???

KBS

[engineer.akash]

Buses on both sides of MG Road soon

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]

Centre to fund project reports for intelligent transport system

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]

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/...g-awaited.html

[nrsrini]

Originally Posted by s.yogendra

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/...g-awaited.html

Ohh boy... 5 more complexes to built and leased out to big bazaar

[catchshash]

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

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by catchshash

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

[catchshash]

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

[schumi0101]

Shirdi bound Airavatha Club Class getting ready for departure.

[pnvijoo]

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

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[engineer.akash]

Flying elephant was simply flying man