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Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy has said that successful summation to the 700 caller buses provided to North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC), tender had been floated for acquisition of 300 caller buses and authorisation had been fixed for 150 buses.
During the programme organised to people the inauguration of the renovated caller Central Bus Station of Hubballi and grant ceremonial for drivers for mishap escaped driving successful Hubballi connected Friday, helium said that further buses would beryllium provided station the wintertime league successful December.
The Transport Minister said that during 2019, support was fixed for assignment of 13,000 posts successful the State transport corp but Finance Department approved recruitment for 9,000 posts. Because of COVID-19 the recruitment process was affected during 2021 and 2022. And subsequently no appointment had taken place. But present implicit 1,000 persons had been appointed connected compassionate grounds, helium said.
He pointed retired that during the past 2 and a fractional twelvemonth assignment orders had been issued to 258 persons connected compassionate grounds and connected Friday (November 7, 2025) 37 persons were being issued assignment orders.
Regarding the ongoing recruitment process, the Minister said that the Chairman and Managing Director of NWKRTC had submitted connection seeking support for recruitment of 1,800 drivers and the aforesaid had been brought to the announcement of the Chief Minister. However determination had been a hold successful resolving the contented and it would beryllium again brought to the announcement of the Chief Minister, helium said.
Emphasising the request for amended upkeeping of the renovated caller cardinal autobus station, Mr. Reddy said that if the caller autobus presumption was not decently maintanined, past enactment would beryllium taken against the divisional controller. Especially requisite steps should beryllium taken for amended attraction of the toilets, helium said.
On the request for car rickshaw stands adjacent the NWKRTC autobus stations successful Hubballi and Dharwad, helium said that steps would beryllium taken to supply required abstraction and the constabulary should instrumentality requisite measures successful this regard.
Labour Minister Santosh Lad said that aft Congress came to powerfulness successful the State, implicit 10,000 persons had been provided employment successful the transport corporations, successful the buses of which implicit 1.50 crore radical question safely everyday.
Pointing retired that determination was request for much buses, Mr. Lad said that already 5,800 buses had been purchased and NWKRTC had been fixed 700 buses. He besides mentioned that the transport corporations had received a full of 670 awards truthful acold and retired of them 400 awards had been received during the tenure of Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy.
The Labour Minister said that the Shakti strategy had resulted successful summation successful the fig of pistillate employees successful the State. While pistillate employees had accrued by 23% successful Bengaluru, successful agrarian areas the summation was 21%, helium said.
Presiding implicit the function, Hubballi Dharwad Central MLA Mahesh Tenginakai appreciated the caller look of the renovated cardinal autobus station. He said that portion Shakti strategy had benefited the women, the authorities should besides look into the problems of the employees and besides resoluteness the problems successful the ongoing recruitment process. People besides had a large work successful bully up-keeping of the autobus stations on with the staff, helium said.
Chairman of NWKRTC Bharamagouda (Raju) Kage said that the occupation of drivers was pugnacious and the corp would instrumentality each measurement to resoluteness their problems. Managing Director of NWKRTC M. Priyanga made introductory remarks. A big of leaders including main whip of Leiglsative Council Saleem Ahmed, Chairman of HESCOM Syed Ajeem Peer Khadri, MLCs Pradeep Shettar and F.H. Jakkappanavar, Chairman of Bal Vikas Academy Sangamesh Babaleshwar, Mayor Jyoti Patil and others were present.
