Story so far: Starting January 5, commuters in Karnataka are paying an additional 15% for tickets in all bus services operated by the State’s four Road Transport Corporations. However, opposition parties BJP and JD have criticised the move, arguing that the fare hike is a result of losses incurred by the RTCs owing to Karnataka’s Shakti scheme, which offers free …
Distributing the Karunya appointment letters to around 45 members at the Karimnagar Bus Depot 2 on Sunday, Prabhakar underlined that for implementing the Mahalakshmi scheme in a smooth manner, the state government has purchased 1,000 extra buses. Further, it is taking steps for appointing 3,000 employees for starting RTC services on new routes.The minister underlined that as many as 43,000 …
