Kerala State Road Transport Corporation  recruits women to drive SWIFT buses in Kerala

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation recruits women to drive SWIFT buses in Kerala

Anila S from Nellimoodu in Thiruvananthapuram has been in the driver’s seat of Mar Ivanios Bethany Vidayalaya’s school bus for more than 18 months. When she saw an announcement calling for women drivers in Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), she did not think twice before applying for the post. She is now one of […]

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Dance of death on Kerala’s narrow national highways

Dance of death on Kerala’s narrow national highways

A deadly cocktail of faulty and myopic road engineering, slack enforcement of rules, encroachments, ill-maintained vehicles, and rash driving have over the years resulted in the highway network turning into a killing field. A deadly cocktail of faulty and myopic road engineering, slack enforcement of rules, encroachments, ill-maintained vehicles, and rash driving have over the […]

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Top Kerala news developments today

Top Kerala news developments today

Here are the important developments from Kerala to watch out for today: 1. CPI state conference concludes today. Kanam Rajendran likely to be elected state secretary for a third term. 2. The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will disburse the salary of employees today following an agreement reached between trade unions and the management. […]

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Kerala High Court division bench stays single judge’s directive to release amount to KSRTC

Kerala High Court division bench stays single judge’s directive to release amount to KSRTC

State government pointed out that the employees were agitating against the management and the government for a salary without accepting the reforms suggested by the government State government pointed out that the employees were agitating against the management and the government for a salary without accepting the reforms suggested by the government A Division Bench […]

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12-hour duty: KSRTC management, unions stick to their guns

12-hour duty: KSRTC management, unions stick to their guns

The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) management says that there is no alternative but to introduce 12-hour duty for bus crew, since over 1,300 buses are idling for want of drivers, even as most trade unions have vehemently opposed this and termed it as impractical. “The sole alternative would be to wind up the […]

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KSRTC’s Grama Vandi service flagged off in Kerala

KSRTC’s Grama Vandi service flagged off in Kerala

The Grama Vandi service of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) that aims at improving connectivity in rural areas in collaboration with local bodies got underway in the Kollayil grama panchayat in Parassala on Friday. Minister for Local Self-Governments M.V. Govindan, who formally inaugurated the service, said the endeavour would script a new chapter […]

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KSRTC open deck Thiruvananthapuram city ride completes 100 days

KSRTC open deck Thiruvananthapuram city ride completes 100 days

The double-decker open-deck city ride bus service rolled out by the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has completed 100 days of service, netting a total revenue of ₹8.5 lakh. The bus service, which became popular among tourists within a short span of time, was utilised by 4,000 domestic and foreign tourists. Earlier, the KSRTC […]

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