KSRTC to run special buses for Dasara holidays
Bengaluru, October 16: Along with the existing Vegaduta, Karnataka Vaibhava, Rajahamsa, Airavata and Airavata Club Class bus service, the KSRTC has decided to run special bus service of additional buses from various places of the state and country to witness Mysuru Dasara festival during the holidays.
In a press release, the KSRTC said that during Dasara holidays, the corporation is running around 2,500 additional buses from Bengaluru to other places from October 17 to 22. These buses would start from Kempegowda Bus Stand, Mysuru Road Bus Stand and Shantinagar Bus Stand. From October 20-21, these buses would ply from other places to Bengaluru. These buses would ply to Dharmasthala, Kukke Subramanya, Sringeri, Horanadu, Shivamogga, Madikeri, Mangaluru, Davangere, Gokarna, Kollur, Hubballi, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Karwar, Ballary, Hosapete, Kalaburagi, Raichur and other places and Hyderabad, Chennai, Ooty, Kodaikanal, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Pudukottai, Madurai, Panaji, Shiradi, Poona, Ernakulam, Palghat, and other places.
From Mysuru Road Bus Stand, total 150 buses would ply to Mysuru and surrounding places like Chamundi Hills, KRS, Brindavana, Srirangapatna, Nanjanagudu and other places and another 150 vehicles to connect Madikeri, Mandya, Malavalli, HD Kote, Chamarajanagar, Hunasur, KR Nagar, Gundlupete and other places, the press release said.
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Two people killed as poultry vehicle rams into parked truck in Belagavi
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.
The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.
The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.
Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.
