KSRTC to roll out womens special bus to Kasargod

KSRTC to roll out womens special bus to Kasargod

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, August 11, 2013: In first of its kind initiative by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), its Mangalore division is all set to introduce womens special bus service to Kasargod from  Mangalore and it begins on experimental basis from Monday .

The special bus will depart from Kasargod at 8am and reach Mangalore at 9.30am. On its return journey, it will leave Mangalore at 6.05pm and reach Kasargod at 7.30pm.

The women’s special has been targeted at commuters from across the border in Kasargod who have to reach their work places in Mangalore.

N G Sreenivas, divisional traffic officer, told that " the women’s special will have clear demarcating feature with a board indicating that it is for women only. If this service clicks, the division also has plans to go in for a distinct colour to the special service," Sreenivas said, adding that it is also not averse to deploying a lady conductor on this trip. "As of now, it will have an all male crew for it is difficult to deploy lady conductors for two trips," he said.

However, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) on Independence Day in 2006 had  launched the similar kind of bus services to women commuters of Bangalore in the form of specially designed "women special" buses. They were introduced for comfortable journey of women in the city in August 2006.

Sreenivas said barring BMTC, the Mangalore division of KSRTC could be the first division to start an exclusive bus service on a select route for women.