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Actor Mohanlal volition enactment arsenic the ‘goodwill ambassador’ of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar has said. Addressing a property league present connected Tuesday, helium said the histrion has agreed to beryllium the goodwill ambassador of the nationalist inferior without charging immoderate payment.
His work is wholly free, and helium has agreed to enactment successful advertisements for the KSRTC. The corp is readying to sprout a fewer advertisements featuring Mohanlal for the KSRTC, making usage of services of talented directors, the Minister said.
The KSRTC’s summons postulation besides acceptable a caller grounds connected Monday, with the corp netting a full of ₹12.18 crore arsenic postulation from summons revenue. This postulation was received from 4,952 buses. If different commercialized incomes of the KSRTC are counted, including gross from shops rented retired successful buildings owned by the corp and income from petrol pumps, the full gross connected Monday volition beryllium astir ₹13 crore, said the Minister.
In September 2025, the KSRTC had netted a grounds postulation of ₹10.19 crore, which was revised successful December 2025 with a postulation of ₹10.76 crore. The Minister stated that the grounds postulation is the effect of making insignificant changes successful the operations of the buses. The Sabarimala play has besides proved bully for the corp with the nationalist inferior getting astir ₹2 crore much compared to the gross of the erstwhile year, helium added.
In the 2020-2021 period, determination were 6,202 buses, which has present dropped to 5,502. Further considering the fig of buses successful the workshops, the disposable fig of buses for services is conscionable 4,952.
