Six-lane Outer Ring Road to get KSRTC connectivity soon.

With 85 new BS-IV buses added to its fleet in a span of two months, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will soon launch intra-city services to some residential localities through the Outer Ring Road (ORR).

The launch has been delayed owing to scarcity of crew members, according to sources in the KSRTC.

Buses will largely travel on the ORR, rather than traversing on interior roads, to connect to localities closer to the six-lane carriageway. Many new layouts have come up beyond the ORR, which is a 42-km stretch covering the entire city, that links the key roadways.

“The ORR bus service is happening soon. We could not launch as planned for various reasons. The launch will take place within a fortnight. The schedules have been kept ready,” said Ramamurthy, KSRTC Mysuru Divisional Controller. Speaking to The Hindu, he said eight to ten buses will ply exclusively on the ORR routes connecting localities that are closer to the carriageway.

The Mysuru fleet has 475 buses, including 85 newly-commissioned camera-enabled hi-tech buses, and over 430 schedules were operated daily. As many as 6,600 trips were operated daily with about 2.5 lakh to 3 lakh commuters travelling daily.

Among the 7 to 8 lakh-plus cities in the State, Mysuru is the only city which has over 450-plus buses for intra-city operations, he maintained.

THE HINDU