KSRTC to start 'green bus' service to transport agricultural produce

Mangaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will be starting a new service of providing ‘green bus’ service to farmers to transport their produce of vegetables and fruits to the market.

The railways has already started the Kisan train service to transport agricultural products. KSRTC planned its green bus initiative on similar lines.

Presently, trucks are mostly used for farm produce transportation. KSRTC claims that they have high fares and they will offer special concessionary fares for their green bus.

Already a few buses that have travelled for more than 10 lakh kilometres have been modified by KSRTC for this purpose.

The initiative also comes at a time when KSRTC’s revenue has been hit by a number of events, including the lockdown and the employees strike.

The Corporation started new innovative bus services as part of new revenue generation streams including oxygen buses, ICU buses, mobile toilet and a mobile library.