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Ramalinga Reddy | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR
Minister for Transport Ramalinga Reddy has said steps would beryllium taken soon to rename North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) arsenic Kittur Rani Chennamma Transport Corporation.
He was addressing a gathering aft inaugurating the 28th instauration time of NWKRTC, flagging of caller buses and laying instauration chromatic for renovation enactment of the Belagavi-1st Depot.
The Minister issued assignment orders to the recently recruited employees and awarded metallic medals to drivers for accident-free driving.
Mr. Reddy said that arsenic per the announcement successful the erstwhile Budget, the procurement of 2,000 caller buses was nether mode and of the 700 caller buses for NWKRTC, 250 buses were present being dedicated to the public.
Mr. Reddy said that nether PM e-Bus Seva Scheme, 1 100 buses had been sanctioned to Belagavi. Utilising the interior resources of the transport corporation, 11 caller metropolis buses had been procured and enactment successful to use. The process of procuring 14 aerial conditioned sleeper manager buses astatine a outgo of ₹8 crore and 10 non-AC sleeper manager buses astatine a outgo of ₹4 crore was nether progress, helium said.
The Minister promised to authorisation 80 caller buses for metropolis transport and assured providing further buses to Belagavi district, arsenic it was the biggest territory successful the State.
Minister for Public Works Satish Jarkiholi demanded further buses for Belagavi district. “During his erstwhile and contiguous tenure, Mr. Reddy has created a grounds by initiating steps to procure 7,800 caller buses, filling up 9,000 posts and giving 1,000 appointments connected compassionate grounds,” helium said.
Earlier, Minister for Women and Child Development Laxmi Hebbalkar stressed the request for renaming the NWKRTC aft Kittur Rani Chennamma and much buses for Belagavi district, peculiarly the Belagavi Rural Assembly segment.
NWKRTC Chairman Bharamagouda (Raju) Kage briefed astir the caller initiatives and urged the authorities to merchandise the pending grants to the tune of ₹1,100 crore. He said that a connection to rename the NWKRTC had been submitted to the government.
MLA Asif (Raju) Sait excessively demanded much buses for Belagavi municipality areas. MLA Babasaheb Patil, Vittal Halagekar and big of different leaders and officials were present.
On the occasion, 68 drivers were awarded metallic medals for accident-free driving, 188 candidates were fixed assignment orders, and cheques of compensation were disbursed.
