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Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy flagged disconnected 70 non-AC sleeper ‘Pallakki’ buses and 45 Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation mean buses successful Bengaluru connected Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy connected Friday flagged disconnected 70 caller non-air-conditioned ‘Pallakki’ sleeper buses and 45 Karnataka Sarige buses of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) successful Bengaluru, strengthening the corporation’s intercity transport network.
According to the KSRTC officials, the recently launched Pallakki sleeper buses volition run to respective large and pilgrim destinations including Udupi, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Dharmasthala, Sringeri, Horanadu, Agumbe, Chikkamagaluru, Davangere, Chitradurga, Hampi, Raichur, Jamkhandi, Puttur, Kaniyur, Kukke Subrahmanya, Kasaragod, Mantralaya, Tiruchirappalli, Kozhikode, Munnar, Puducherry, Thanjavur, Kottayam, Hyderabad, Chennai, Panaji, Madurai, Kumbakonam, and Ernakulam.
Mr. Reddy said that the authorities plans to further grow the KSRTC fleet successful the coming months. “A full of 805 caller Karnataka Sarige and urban/rural transport buses volition beryllium added to the corporation’s fleet during April, May, and June 2026,” helium said.
The Pallakki buses are designed for long-distance question and volition chiefly service destinations located much than 500 km from Bengaluru, for convenient overnight journeys. Each autobus has 30 sleeper berths and is equipped with ergonomically designed interiors.
The buses see modern rider amenities specified arsenic mobile and laptop charging ports, mobile holders, lukewarm achromatic LED speechmaking lights, a nationalist code system, audio speakers, pillows for passengers, and a footwear rack beneath the little berth. They are besides fitted with a rear-view camera to assistance drivers, according to the KSRTC officials.
The KSRTC archetypal introduced non-air-conditioned sleeper buses successful 2011, though they remained unbranded for respective years. In 2023, the corp inducted 40 specified buses nether the marque ‘Pallakki’.
Meanwhile, the recently flagged disconnected Karnataka Sarige buses tin spot 50 passengers positive one.
