The Hindu 13.12.2013
Urban Road Transport Corporation to be set up
The Cabinet on Thursday decided to set up an Urban Road Transport Corporation for utilisation of funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) of the Centre and purchase buses.
Buses
Briefing presspersons after the Cabinet meeting, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra said the KSRTC has decided to purchase 2,104 buses under the JNNURM. The estimated cost of buses would be Rs. 1,111.7 crore.
The State government and the KSRTC would incur Rs. 214 crore and Rs. 245 crore respectively and the rest would be from the Centre.
In Bangalore, the KSRTC, the State and the Centre would share the cost in the ratio of 15:50:35, he said.
He said the services of M.R. Hedge, an official in the Raj Bhavan, has been extended by six months.
The government has decided to construct buildings for medical colleges in Chamarajanagar (Rs. 118.50 crore), Kodagu (Rs. 136 crore), Koppal, Gulbarga and Gadag (Rs. 120 crore each), Mr. Jayachandra said.
New building
A building of the Mysore City Police Commisionerate would be developed at a cost of Rs. 21.81 crore. It was decided to sanction an additional Rs. 5.6 crore for it. The existing building would not be demolished.
It was decided to constitute a Cabinet subcommittee to study the Justice Jagannath Shetty report on police firing in Haveri.
