The KSRTC is considering introducing 100 city buses in the Greater Kochi area, considering the inadequate public transport buses and the increasing demand for such buses from many residential and commercial areas, informed sources have said.
The buses will in all probability be e-buses, like the ones that were introduced in Thiruvananthapuram earlier this year. But they need not necessarily operate along circular routes. The inadequate bus connectivity in several areas and the impending expiry of permit of many private buses were factored in while deciding to introduce a fleet of KSRTC buses in Kochi, it is learnt.
This comes over a decade since a fleet of Thirukochi buses that had been introduced here around 15 years ago were withdrawn from the city and allotted to depots in suburban towns.
