KSRTC to hire private buses for tours

The Kerala Condition Street Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will seek the services of private buses for its solutions to tourist locations across the State.

Transport Minister Antony Raju, even though responding to questions in the Assembly on Thursday, explained the transportation utility’s tour offers experienced been a hit amid journey fanatics considering the fact that its launch. On the other hand, the KSRTC faced a predicament as a big segment of the travelers chosen travelling on weekends, although the corporation could not afford to conduct these trips at the value of its ongoing products and services.

“To get over the difficulty, we will be getting non-public buses on lease for the tour packages. With plans afoot to include things like vacationer destinations exterior Kerala in the existing packages, the KSRTC will rope in those people buses that possess inter-State permits,” he mentioned.

Optimisation

As section of optimising its methods and slicing down on undesirable charges, the KSRTC will shut down quite a few administrative offices across the State and redeploy workers. There are at the moment administrative workplaces in each of the 71 depots and 22 working centres of the KSRTC.

“Only 15 administrative workplaces will function in the State from July 18. Though the go will have no effect on the current expert services, a smaller part of personnel, which includes junior superintendents, clerks and typists, could have to be redeployed,” the Minister explained.

He rubbished allegations of attempts created to near down “unprofitable” depots as component of the charge-cutting steps.