More KSRTC buses to operate on Mangaluru city routes, says DC

Routes successful Mangaluru metropolis volition beryllium rationalised to let cognition of much KSRTC buses. As galore arsenic 50 electrical buses of the KSRTC volition beryllium operating successful Mangaluru metropolis from May 2026, said Deputy Commissioner and Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Administrator H.V. Darshan during a phone-in programme astatine the MCC caput bureau successful Mangaluru connected Thursday.

Answering the grievance of Ramoji Rao from Krishna Nagar that a backstage autobus relation had chopped autobus services astatine 6.10 a.m. and 7.30 p.m., Mr. Darshan said routes successful the metropolis were being rationalised to let much KSRTC buses to operate. The authorities has sanctioned 100 electrical KSRTC buses to the city. These buses volition beryllium operating shortly, Mr. Darshan told the caller.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Darshan said 50 of the 100 buses volition commencement cognition from May, 2026. To commencement with, these electrical buses volition run from the KSRTC autobus depot. Space has been identified successful Mudipu to acceptable up a abstracted depot for electrical buses. There was nary shortage of manpower. As students and women were demanding KSRTC buses, much buses volition run connected metropolis routes.

Mr. Darshan said the District Road Transport Authority volition soon instrumentality a determination connected whether to proceed oregon not with the District Magistrate notification of 1997 restricting introduction of much buses to Hampankatta.

On instauration of a canine lb for stray dogs, arsenic per directions of the Supreme Court, Mr. Darshan said enactment was being taken to person a lb each for Mangaluru North and Mangaluru South regions. A canine lb each volition travel up successful Ullal and Mulky too. The State authorities has directed the metropolis corp and different municipality section bodies to acceptable up canine pounds. A 12-acre onshore has been identified successful Bondantilla for a canine lb for Mangaluru city, helium said.

To a telephone from a Kottara Chowki nonmigratory astir the request to modulate velocity of metropolis buses, Mr. Darshan said enactment volition beryllium taken to enforce the instrumentality to forestall the speeding of metropolis buses.

When a maidservant called Mr. Darshan to question assistance successful getting refund of the fees she paid to 1 nursing assemblage and wage the fees successful different nursing assemblage wherever her girl got admission, the DC asked his bureau to get successful interaction with the caller and code her problem.