SWAG ERT, Sonu Sood Foundation set up Oxygen centre at Mangaluru railway station
Mangaluru, Jun 4: SWAG ERT and Sonu Sood Foundation along with the railway police have launched a rapid oxygen centre at Mangaluru central railway station here.
The centre was opened Thursday under the mentorship of ADGP of Karnataka railway police Bhaskar Rao.
This is the fourth project of SWAG ERT and Sonu Sood charity foundation in Karnataka.
Other stations have started functioning in Bengaluru, Hubballi and Ballari and the service will be extended to Mysuru, Hassan and Davanagere soon, Rao said.
Training has been given to policemen on how to operate the cylinders that carry 7,000-litre and 1,400 litre medical oxygen.
Oxygen supply will be purely on the basis of advice from doctors, he said.
Those requiring oxygen can approach Sonu Sood Karnataka helpline 7069999961 and the GRP (government railway police) station will take a decision on the basis of the availability of oxygen and criticality of the case, a release from Amit Purohith of SWAG ERT and Sonu Sood foundation here said.
The user can take oxygen from the centre and return the cylinder after sanitising it.
This will be maintained by the GRP station.
As many as 20 cylinders are available at the station here which can cover up to 70-80 km radius, the release said.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
