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The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is readying to induct 644 caller BS-VI diesel buses, a determination aimed astatine strengthening autobus connectivity successful agrarian parts of the State wherever nationalist transport services stay limited.
According to officials, the projected fleet enlargement volition see 500 regular buses and 144 double-door mofussil buses, with a bulk of these vehicles earmarked for agrarian routes. “We person planned to induct 644 buses, which volition ply betwixt cardinal areas successful the State. Most of them volition beryllium deployed successful agrarian areas wherever request has accrued sharply,” a KSRTC authoritative said.
The request for State-run buses has risen importantly since June 2023, pursuing the motorboat of the Shakti scheme, which provides escaped question for women successful non-premium buses operated by State transport corporations.
Officials said that portion the strategy has improved mobility for women crossed Karnataka, it has besides placed further unit connected existing fleets, peculiarly successful mofussil and agrarian areas wherever services.
State transport autobus fleet successful Karnataka
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC): 8,759 buses
Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC): 7,051 buses
North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC): 5,289 buses
Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC): 4,929 buses
Total buses (State transport undertakings): 26,028
Source: Karnataka Transport Department
26,028 buses operated by State transport undertakings
Data accessed by The Hindu shows that Karnataka presently has a full of 26,028 buses operated by State transport undertakings. Of these, KSRTC operates 8,759 buses, portion Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) runs 7,051 buses. The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) has a fleet of 5,289 buses, and the Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC) operates 4,929 buses.
The officials said that KSRTC has been steadily adding to its fleet implicit the past fewer years. Between 2023-24 and 2025-26, the corp has added 1,288 buses. As portion of this expansion, 70 caller non-AC sleeper buses person besides been ordered and are expected to beryllium inducted by March 2026.
“These additions were planned aft the instauration of the Shakti strategy to amended autobus facilities and conscionable the surge successful rider demand. Strengthening agrarian connectivity remains a cardinal precedence for the corporation,” the authoritative said.
