KARIMNAGAR, SEPTEMBER 28, 2024: The stage is all set for the inauguration of the electric super luxury buses into the fleet of the TGSRTC Karimnagar region on Sunday.
Minister for Transport and BC Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar, Minister for IT and Industries Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N Uttam Kumar Reddy, TGSRTC Managing Director VC Sajannar will participate in the formal launching of electric buses at Ambedkar stadium in Karimnagar town on Sunday (September 29).
The TGSRTC has allocated 70 electric super luxury buses to Karimnagar region. These buses would be operated on Karimnagar-JBS, Karimnagar-Godavarikhani, Karimnagar-Manthani, Karimnagar to Kamareddy, Karimnagar to Jagtial, Karimnagar to Sircilla routes.
In the first phase, 33 buses would be operated between Karimnagar-Hyderabad very soon on a gross-cost contract (GCS) system. Supervision and operation of buses would be done by the RTC, Regional Manager N Sucharitha said. These super luxury electric buses would run 225 kilometres on a single charge. To ensure the safety of passengers, the buses will be equipped with CCTV cameras and a fire detection system.
Sources said that a private firm would be operating the electric buses in coordination with RTC. Accordingly, the Karimnagar-2 depot was handed over to the private firm. A total of 14 charging points were developed in the depot, besides laying an 11 kv power supply line and three electric transformers.
