Pramesh S Jain
In an effort to provide hassle free services to commuters during Deepavali season,the KSRTC on Saturday announced an additional 2000 bus services for the festive season .
According to an official release,the special buses will operate from city to various places from November 10 to 12 and again will operate inter and intra state from November 14 to November 15 from various places to Bengaluru.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus stand to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya,Shivamogga,Hassan,Mangaluru, Kundapura,Shringeri,Horanadu,Davangere,Hubbali, Dharwad,Kalaburagi,Ballari,Koppala,Yadgir,Bidar,
Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru,Hunsur, Piriyapatna,Virajpet,Kushalanagar,Mercara.
All premier Special buses will be operated from BMTC Bus Station Shanthinagar TTMC to Madurai, Kumbakonam,Chennai,Coimbatore,other places in Tamilnadu and Kerala states.
Facility is provided to book computerized reservation tickets in advance for the special buses.
Reserved passengers are requested to note the place of boarding in their reservation ticket.
Passengers can book tickets online by logging on to www.ksrtc.karnataka.gov.in.
A discount of 5 per cent on the fare will be extended,if four or more passengers book tickets in a single ticket and a discount of 10 per cent journey tickets are booked simultaneously.
Advance Reservation of tickets for the services of KSRTC can be booked through the booking counters established by KSRTC at important cities of neighbouring States that is Tamilnadu,Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,Kerala,Puduchery, Maharashtra and Goa State.
The details of the special operations like place and timings of departure have been provided in the computerized advance reservation network and also in the advance reservation tickets KSRTC website for the information of the traveling public.
In addition to the above,special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
