Two years ago, then minister for transport and home R Ashoka dangled the promise of a separate Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus stand, to be built at a cost of Rs 10 crore ...

The numbers are telling, given that KSRTC now has a monopoly over 17 districts to provide bus services ... the existing fleet size is not sufficient. The corporation has a fleet size of 8,000.

The bus broke down near Mangaluru and passengers ... 2000 buses and that will be done in a phased manner. The KSRTC has a fleet size of 8,200 buses.