Bengaluru, June 9 -- In a major move to strengthen public transport and ease heavy passenger congestion following the implementation of the state's flagship Shakti scheme, the Karnataka government has announced the addition of 5,000 new buses across the state.

Transport Minister Byrathi Suresh said on Monday, June 8, that the buses will be inducted in a phased manner across the four state transport corporations-KSRTC, BMTC, KKRTC, and NWKRTC.

He said the government has approved the procurement of 5,000 buses, of which 1,000 will be directly purchased using state funds, while the remaining 4,000 will be electric buses acquired with central government support. These buses will be distributed among the four transport corporations based on ...