Air-conditioned Volvo buses that Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) operate in Bengaluru may shortly be handed over to other State-owned transport corporations — the North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKRTC), North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) and Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) as the buses were not generating expected revenue.
Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, in his address to media representatives at Yermarus Circuit House on the outskirts of Raichur on Wednesday, said the buses were incurring losses to the BMTC and hinted that they might soon be moved to other State-owned RTCs.
“There are over 1,000 air-conditioned Volvo buses being operated in Bengaluru city and they are profitable only when each bus runs 150-200 km a day. But that is not practically possible in Bengaluru. We are, therefore, thinking to hand over them to other corporations,” he said, and added that his government had plans to purchase 3,000 new buses.
