KSRTC website to be formally launched tomorrow

Bangalore: Transport Minister of Karnataka Ashoka will formally launch the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) website on November 19.

Besides providing information on bus services of the corporation, the website offers a facility to book e-ticket thus allowing passengers to plan their journey.

The website also gives information on the new schemes launched by the KSRTC as well as old ones.

It displays the environmental policy of the corporation and the efforts being taken by it to save the environment.

Helping the passengers beyond their travel, the website also exhibits the names of hotels—government and private—so that they (passengers) can easily obtained relevant information for choosing suitable hotels.

Apart from these, the website consist of Right to Information and news sections to help passengers stay informed and updated.

The already up and running websites is visited by nearly 30,000-50,000 visitors a day.

The state-owned transport corporation, established in 1961, operates around 5,700 schedules with a fleet of over 7,000 vehicles which has got a vast infrastructure of a corporate office, 13 divisional office and 61 depots.