This story is from May 12, 2017
Free bottled water, newspaper copies onboard premium KSRTC buses
BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Thursday launched value added services to commuters and reintroduced free distribution of packaged drinking water in premium services, including Airavat.
As part of the initiative, commuters get complimentary copies of The Times of India newspaper in the morning.
The KSRTC also introduced FASTag, an electronic payment system powered by Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID), that will save time at toll plazas on national highways as vehicles needn’t stop there to pay toll. It plans to introduce free WiFI in the coming days.
“We had to stop free distribution of packaged water due to high prices. We’re reintroducing it as Mysore Sales International Limited (MSIL) has come forward to supply bottled water at an affordable price,” said KSRTC chairman K Gopal Pujari after launching the value added services.
The KSRTC would earlier procure water at Rs 5.43 per 500 ml bottle before the service was stopped. Now, MSIL has agreed to supply it at Rs 4.30 per bottle.
The free distribution of packaged water will benefit over 29,000 passengers daily and the service will be provided in 626 premium services, including Airavat Club Class, Airavat Diamond Class, Airavat, AC Sleeper and Flybus.
The KSRTC has tied up with The Times Group to provide complimentary copies of The Times of India to passengers. Initially, the newspapers will be available in 104 premium buses and 4,621 copies will be supplied daily. KSRTC managing director S R Umashankar said the corporation plans to enhance the number of copies to 10,000 in the near future.
“The service will benefit passengers who take bus early in the morning. We aim to cover as many as passengers as possible,” said Umashankar. Initially, the newspapers will be available between 5am and 11am in buses leaving from the Kempegowda Bus Station, Mysore Road Satellite Bus Station, Shantinagar Bus Station, Kempegowda International Airport and Mysore Bus Station.
Umashankar said the buses equipped with FASTag will avoid waiting time at toll plazas. As a result, the journey time between Bengaluru and Belagavi will be reduced by an hour and it’ll be two hours less between Bengaluru and Mumbai.
He said FASTag would be fitted in all 8,400 KSRTC buses and they would pass through a dedicated track at the plazas.
KSRTC would get a discount of 7.5 % from the National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI) for adopting FASTag, thanks to which the agency would save Rs 4.5 crore a year, Umashankar added. Basavaraj Bulla, vice-chairman, KSRTC also spoke on the occasion.
The KSRTC also introduced FASTag, an electronic payment system powered by Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID), that will save time at toll plazas on national highways as vehicles needn’t stop there to pay toll. It plans to introduce free WiFI in the coming days.
“We had to stop free distribution of packaged water due to high prices. We’re reintroducing it as Mysore Sales International Limited (MSIL) has come forward to supply bottled water at an affordable price,” said KSRTC chairman K Gopal Pujari after launching the value added services.
The free distribution of packaged water will benefit over 29,000 passengers daily and the service will be provided in 626 premium services, including Airavat Club Class, Airavat Diamond Class, Airavat, AC Sleeper and Flybus.
The KSRTC has tied up with The Times Group to provide complimentary copies of The Times of India to passengers. Initially, the newspapers will be available in 104 premium buses and 4,621 copies will be supplied daily. KSRTC managing director S R Umashankar said the corporation plans to enhance the number of copies to 10,000 in the near future.
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Umashankar said the buses equipped with FASTag will avoid waiting time at toll plazas. As a result, the journey time between Bengaluru and Belagavi will be reduced by an hour and it’ll be two hours less between Bengaluru and Mumbai.
He said FASTag would be fitted in all 8,400 KSRTC buses and they would pass through a dedicated track at the plazas.
KSRTC would get a discount of 7.5 % from the National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI) for adopting FASTag, thanks to which the agency would save Rs 4.5 crore a year, Umashankar added. Basavaraj Bulla, vice-chairman, KSRTC also spoke on the occasion.
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Byagatavalli Shankara
2540 days ago
These are peripheral facilities. Nevertheless they are welcome How about giving some basic facilities like proper bus shelters, toilets, cleanliness and good, noiseless, non worn out seats and non rickety seats. Moreover in major cities like Mysuru, although award is given for its non functional ITS(intelligent Transport System), there is no basic time table either in print, or on the web or at the shelters. The sms system does not function. Doors do not close and handle grips move away while boarding or alighting. BASIC INFO of Route numbers on all sides is missing. Pls look at these also.Read allPost comment
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