Wednesday,February 05
Additional buses will be introduced on Mudipu route : RTO
Mangalore Today News Network
Mangalore, Jan 9, 2012 : District Regional Transport Officer Mallikarjuna has said that early steps would be taken to introduce additional private or government buses on the Mudipu route and nearby areas which are facing shortage of bus services.
Hearing public grievances in this regard at a meeting held at RTO office held on January 8, Tuesday, the RTO said the permits of those buses which failed to operate will be cancelled and fresh permits will be issued to new buses.
During the meeting, the RTO was requested to immediately revoke the order of reducing the trips of three government buses operating on the Mudipu route. Several other demands including permission to run private or government buses in the area, were placed before the RTO.
The RTO said it was difficult to revoke the orders to cut the tips of government buses. If the cut in trips is inconveniencing the people, then the timings of the buses would be changed to reduce inconvenience, the RTO promised.
On this occasion, Mallikarjuna said though the RTO had received hundreds of applications to permit private and government city buses on the Panambur-Talapady route, the same cannot be approved considering the high density of traffic on the route.
The meeting was attended by MLA UT Khader, ZP member Santosh Kumar Rai, social activist Hanumanth Kamath, Chandrahas R Karkera and others.