The Hindu 01.04.2010
New Mysore bus-stand won't be shifted: Ashok
Staff Correspondent
| ‘Mofussil bus-stand for inter-city services will be inaugurated in June' |
MYSORE: Minister for Transport R. Ashok on Wednesday said that there was no question of shifting the newly-built city bus-stand to the outskirts of Mysore and asked commuters not to worry about the reported move for its relocation.
Addressing presspersons after inspecting the work on the mofussil bus-stand here, the Minister said the issue of shifting the bus-stand, as recommended by the transport advisory committee constituted by the district administration in view of traffic congestion at K.R. Circle, had been brought to the notice of the Union Ministry of Urban Development and the State Government and they too had purportedly consented to operated the bus-stand from the same location.
“I want to assure the people of Mysore that the city bus-stand will remain at K.R. Circle,” he said.
Expressing satisfaction over the quality of work on the new bus-stands, including inter-model transport centres (IMTCs) at Naidu Nagar, Yelwal and Sathgalli, the Minister said the mofussil bus-stand for inter-city services would be inaugurated in June and the project executors had been directed to keep it ready by May.
Even the bus terminals under construction at Naidu Nagar and Yelwal would be ready by June. A sum of Rs. 110 crore was being spent on improving transport infrastructure in Mysore under JNNURM, he said.
The Minister later inspected the land where the Transport Department proposes to construct a driving track for testing the skills of licence seekers here. The Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has allotted 8.5 acres of land at Rajivnagar second stage for the driving track. According to transport officials, work on the track is likely to commence in June.
In addition to driving track, a portion of the land will be used for keeping the vehicles seized by the RTO offices and constructing quarters for employees of the department here.
This was disclosed by Transport Commissioner Bhaskar Rao. He said the office of RTO (West) would be shifted to the new site.
