Palemar flagged off Mangalore-Manipal Volvo bus

Palemar flagged off Mangalore-Manipal Volvo bus

27.03.10 Mangalore : Krishna J Palemar, the District-in-charge Minister flagged off the Manipal-Mangalore route Volvo bus service by the Karnataka State Road Corporation (KSRTC) at Service Bus Stand, near State Bank of India in Mangalore on Saturday, March 27.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that red-coloured, low floor, air conditioned new luxurious buses will offer comfortable service at reasonable fares.

As per the demand of the people, six Volvo buses will start running between Mangalore and Manipal via Mulky, Padubidri, Udupi, he added.

While Palemar flagged off the buses from Mangalore simultaneously Dr V S Acharya, State Home Minister, inaugurated the buses at Udupi.

These buses will run between two cities everyday from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm with one hour gap. Apart from the two destinations they are also scheduled to stop in four other places namely Suratkal, Mulky, Padubidri and Udupi.

Travel fares from Mangalore to Manipal, Udupi, Padubidri, Mulky and Suratkal as Rs.60, Rs.55, Rs.40, Rs.35 and Rs.20 respectively.

Rajani Dugganna, Mayor of Mangalor, V Ponnuraj, Deputy Commissioner, and A Subrahmanyeshwara Rao, the Superintendent of Police were among those present during the inauguration of new buses.