Udupi: A Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus stand would be constructed under public-private-partnership model in Udupi within one-and-a-half years, said Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Friday, November 4.
The minister was in the city to inaugurate the bus depot for low-floored buses under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) constructed at a cost of Rs 6.08 crore. Speaking on the occasion, Reddy said that three acres of land belonging to the Public Works Department had been transferred to the KSRTC for the construction of the bus stand. The new bus stand would have all modern facilities, he informed.
As 31 cents of land belonging to the Department of Public Instruction had been transferred to his department, a city bus stand for JNNURM buses would be constructed at Shiribeedu. A survey would be conducted to gauge the need of city buses in 15-km radius of Udupi city.
The government would recruit 5,866 persons in the KSRTC this year, while it would induct 4,364 new buses, said Reddy.
