KSRTC, BMTC plan to add more buses to their fleet

KSRTC, BMTC plan to add more buses to their fleet
New Indian Express

BANGALORE: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) fleet will go up to 5000 buses by March 2006. Post-Diwali, over 100 buses were introduced to handle the rush of pilgrims for the Mahamastakabhisheka.

KSRTC Managing Director M.R.Sreenivasa Murthy said that 1051 buses were introduced between April 2004 to March 2005. “ This year, from April 2005 to March 2006, we plan to add another 1300 buses, of which 830 buses are already in service,” he added. At present, the KSRTC fleet is 4682 strong. It also boasts of the largest Volvo fleet in the country with over 100 buses.

“We have 111 air-conditioned Volvos and 50 Mayura buses all over the State,” claimed Murthy.

Interestingly, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will add 410 buses to its fleet in the next six months. “We will place an order for 410 buses in another two weeks and by end of April or May, we will have 4500 buses,” said Upendra Tripathi, Managing Director of BMTC.

Earlier last year, BMTC had announced that by end of October this year, it would introduce an additional 500 buses, but that did not happen.