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The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has been honoured with the National Award of Excellence successful Urban Transport – 2025 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
The grant recognises Karnataka arsenic the State that implemented the champion municipality transport projects during the erstwhile year, according to a merchandise by the KSRTC.
The KSRTC’s Dhwani Spandana project, a first-of-its-kind inaugural for visually challenged passengers, received the honour for its enactment successful creating an inclusive and accessible nationalist transport system.
The grant was presented to KSRTC Managing Director Akram Pasha by Union Minister for Energy, Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar astatine a ceremonial held successful Gurugram, Haryana, connected Sunday, the merchandise stated.
“Developed by the Raised Lines Foundation astatine IIT Delhi, with GIZ arsenic the cognition partner, the Onboard Bus Identification and Navigation System has been implemented successful 200 Mysuru metropolis buses. The exertion uses assistive audio signals to assistance visually challenged commuters place approaching buses and find introduction points safely,” a KSRTC authoritative said.
“Over 400 visually challenged passengers person been trained to usage the system, which has notably improved their mobility, confidence, and information portion travelling independently successful nationalist transport,” authoritative added.
