KSRTC Mangalore division has applied to the Regional Transport Authority (RTA), Dakshina Kannada, seeking permits to operate buses on 31 more routes in and around Mangalore. Among the routes that the KSRTC sought permits are 12 single trips from four buses on the Mangalore State Bank-Moodbidri route via Jyothi, Nanthoor, Vamanjoor, Gurupura, Kaikamba and Ganjimut.
KSRTC has also sought permits to operate buses on six routes passing through ‘Kartavya Soudha’, the district office complex in Padil. It includes 20 single bus trips on the State Bank-Farangipete route, 14 on the Mangaluru Junction Railway Station – Kodikal route, 10 on the State Bank-Kannagudde, eight each on the Mangaluru-Ulaibettu and the State Bank-Mangaluru Junction Railway Station routes, five on the Mangaluru Junction Railway Station – Adhyapady route, and four on the Kankanady Market – Adhyapady route. KSRTC has also sought a permit for the 10 single trips each by one bus on the Mangalore KSRTC Bus Stand – Surathkal- Farangipete and Mangaluru KSRTC Bus Stand – Farangipete – Surathkal routes. It has also sought a permit for eight bus trips on the KSRTC Bus Stand – Kateel route via Surathkal, Katipalla, Shibaroor and Kinnigoli.
Seeking permits during the meeting, KSRTC Mangalore Senior Divisional Manager (SDM) Rajesh Shetty said since the launch of the Shakti scheme, there was demand by people for more services of KSRTC on city routes.
