The Hindu 19.11.2009
Mysore to get 80 more hi-tech buses
Staff Correspondent
MYSORE: Commuting will be even more comfortable in the city as 80 more buses, including 10 Volvo and 70 semi-low floor buses, will be inducted into the existing fleet of buses from next week. The buses have been purchased under a special package of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The public transport system here is undergoing a big change with the renovation of the city bus terminus and induction of buses (first batch) under JNNURM.
The first batch of buses reached here in June, 2008.
In fact, Mysore is the only city after Bangalore in the State where the public transport system is being improved under the JNNURM .
The Union Ministry of Urban Development gives 90 per cent of the project cost and the KSRTC has to bear the rest.
