| Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation KSRTC | | | | the buses will be through Menaka.A KSRTC official |
| was established in 1961. KSRTC has a fleet strength | | | | said that once the Motor Vehicle Department cleared |
| of 6600 vehicles and operates around 5700 | | | | the permit to operate the buses, the corporation |
| schedules. Infrastructure of KSRTC include a | | | | would be able to roll them out within a period of two |
| Corporate Office, 13 Divisional Offices, 61 Depots, | | | | days. KSRTC had applied for the permit to run buses |
| two Bus Bodybuilding Workshops, one Printing Press, | | | | in the proposed routes on April 27. We are waiting |
| 119 Bus Stands and 3 Training Institutes.KSRTC is the | | | | for the department to give sanction. Once it is |
| first State Transport Undertaking to introduce | | | | obtained, the buses will be brought to the city from |
| computerised passenger seat reservation | | | | Thiruvanathapuram, the official added.Already 13 |
| systempasswengers will avail the facility of ksrtc | | | | low-floor AC Volvo buses are plying on various |
| online booking. | | | | routes through the city roads. With the introduction |
| Buoyed by the tremendous support it has received | | | | of these new buses, the total number of JNNURM |
| from the travelling people for its recently introduced | | | | buses in Kochi would go up to 22. The total number |
| Volvo buses in the city, the state-owned KSRTC has | | | | of buses including AC low-floor, non-ac semi-lowfloor |
| gone overboard to introduce nine non-AC | | | | and mini buses that will be introduced under the |
| semi-low-floor buses in the city at the earliest | | | | project is 200.The buses will have 1,100- mm wide |
| opportunity.The buses bought under the urban | | | | door for easy entry and exit, comfortable grab bars |
| transportation project funded by the Jawaharlal | | | | and air suspension. The drivers selected to run these |
| Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission JNNURM will be | | | | buses were given training at the Ashok Leyland's |
| introduced to ply on the Chottanikkara- Aluva, | | | | centre at Namakkal in Tamil Nadu recently. |
| Poothotta-Njarakkal and Panangad-Aluva routes.All | | | | |