Hemanath Padubidri
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (VM)
Udupi, Nov 23: The new Udupi unit of KSRTC Mangalore division will be inaugurated on November 23 at 11:30 am.
The inauguration will be conducted by R Askok, deputy chief minister and home minister along with the presence of Kota Srinivas Poojary, minister for ports and muzrai and Udupi district in-charge minster.
The inaugural ceremony will be presided by MLA K Raghupathi Bhat.
The new bus depot at Udupi unit is constructed with a sum of Rs 2.19 crores at Nittur on NH 66, which has a capacity to park 200 busses at a time. Adding to that the depot has facilities likea maintenance base, traffic section, rest rooms, toilets, a washing ramp and a petrol pump.
"Jayaprakash Hedge, Udupi-Chikmangalur MP; Oscar Fernandes, Rajya Sabha member, BY Raghavendra, Shimoga MP; Lalaji Mendon, MLA of Kapu; K Laxmi Narayana, MLA of Byndoor; H Gopal Bhandary, MLA of Karkala; MLA Ganesh Karnik; MLC K Pratapchandra Shetty; AG Kodgi, president of State Third Finance Commission; Kiran Kumar, Udupi corporation president and various others will be present for the inauguration" said, M Mahesh, control officer of KSRTC, Mangalore divison.