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The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) connected Saturday (December 13, 2025) launched “Accident Emergency Response Vehicles” aimed astatine providing swift assistance during roadworthy accidents and conveyance breakdowns involving State-run buses. Initially, 2 Accident Emergency Response Vehicles volition beryllium deployed astatine cardinal locations successful Bengaluru and Mysuru.
Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy flagged disconnected a fleet of Accident Emergency Response Vehicles, which person the capableness to respond swiftly to autobus accidents and breakdowns connected large transport corridors.
According to Mr. Reddy, the specially equipped vehicles volition relation arsenic mobile workshops, enabling method teams to rapidly scope stranded buses with the indispensable tools, spare parts, and enactment to reconstruct operations. “Initially, 2 vehicles person been stationed astatine cardinal locations successful Bengaluru and Mysuru. These units volition screen high-traffic regions including Tumakuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Mandya, and surrounding districts,” helium said.
The Minister said the inaugural was indispensable arsenic buses operating from Kempegowda Bus Stand and Mysuru Road Bus Stand service a wide web of intra-State and inter-State routes. “Frequent method failures oregon accidents connected engaged stretches often pb to important postulation congestion and inconvenience to commuters. The deployment of mobile store vehicles would let unit to scope specified sites without delay, wide obstructions, and minimise work disruptions,” Mr. Reddy added.
Transport Minister @RLR_BTM flags disconnected Accident Emergency Response Vehicles successful #Bengaluru to guarantee speedy effect to autobus accidents and breakdowns. The mobile store vehicles volition trim postulation congestion, assistance unit and displacement injured to hospitals.@THBengalurupic.twitter.com/EDVi8NovZ0
— Darshan Devaiah B P (@DarshanDevaiahB) December 13, 2025Assist successful exigency response
Apart from enabling on-site repairs, the caller vehicles volition besides assistance successful exigency response. In the lawsuit of an accident, teams tin supply contiguous enactment to drivers and conductors and assistance successful shifting injured passengers to adjacent hospitals erstwhile necessary.
Each conveyance costs ₹7.22 lakh. The KSRTC announced that 10 further units volition beryllium inducted by the extremity of January 2026 and subsequently deployed crossed the remaining districts successful a phased rollout to guarantee Statewide coverage.
“These vehicles are airy commercialized conveyance (LCV) pickup chosen for their substance efficiency, powerfulness output, and suitability for transporting instrumentality safely. The turbocharged, intercooled diesel motor complies with BS-VI emanation standards. The High Side Deck plan enables unafraid carriage of spare parts and repair tools captious for tract operations,” a elder KSRTC authoritative explained.
