Bengaluru: Kodi Circle to be renamed after late IPS officer Madhukar Shetty
Shetty's statue will also be installed at the circle
Bengaluru: As a mark of respect to the late IPS officer Madhukar Shetty, BBMP will rename the Kodi Circle in Whitefield as Madhukar Shetty Circle and will install his statue at the circle, Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun informed.
Fore DCP of Whitefield Abdul Ahad and other friends of Shetty wanted a circle in the locality be named after Madhukar Shetty, following which Corporator S Uday Kumar proposed the plan of naming Kodi Circle after Shetty. The Pallike’s Town Planning Standing Committee approved the proposal of Uday Kumar.
According to the reports the funds sanctioned for the development of the ward will be used for installing Shetty’s statue at the circle.
Shetty a 1999 batch IPS officer died in December 2018 while undergoing treatment for swine flu at Continental Hospitals in Hyderabad. He is remembered for his role in exposing illegal iron ore mining in Ballari, the backyard of powerful mining baron Janardhan Reddy.
Shetty was the son of Kannada journalist Vaddarse Raghurama Shetty.and had worked as ASP Bengaluru Rural district and later as SP of Chamarajanagar and Chikkamagaluru.
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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.
