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Native name | Vāyavya Karnāṭaka Raste Sārige Nigama |
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Romanized name | Vāyavya Karnāṭaka Raste Sārige Nigama |
Company type | Public |
Industry | Public transport bus service |
Predecessor | Part of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation |
Founded | November 1, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-11-01) |
Headquarters | NWRTC Central Office, Sarige Sadana, Gokul Road, Industrial Estate,, , |
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Area served | Primary Base
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Services | Public transport |
Owner | Government of Karnataka |
Number of employees | 21633 |
Parent | Department of Transport, Government of Karnataka |
Divisions | 9 Divisions |
Website | NWKRTC Main Website All Karnataka's RTCs Ticket Reservation Namma Cargo Logistics and Parcel Services |
Footnotes / references 4813 buses serve 22 lakh passengers per day |
The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation - (NWKRTC), is a state-owned public road transport corporation in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka. It serves routes to towns and cities in the Northwestern part of Karnataka except Bijapur district and connects it to the rest of the state and the states of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa.
Mysore Government Road Transport Department was inaugurated on 12 September 1948 with 120 buses.[1] The transport department of The Mysore state administered it until 1961.
It was subsequently converted into an independent corporation under Section 3 of the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 on 1 August 1961, In 1961, after successfully converting into an independent corporation all assets and liabilities of MGRTD were transferred to Mysore State Road Transport Corporation.[1]
On 1 October 1961, Bangalore Transport Service was merged with it.[1]
On 1 November 1973, the Mysore state was renamed as Karnataka thus, renaming it Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation.
This left the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation to serve the Southern part of Karnataka.
'Shakti Scheme' was announced by the Second Siddaramaiah ministry on 2 June 2023. It started on 11 June 2023, providing free-of-charge bus service to Karnataka domicile women. Beneficiaries show their government-issued photo identity and address proof for the first three months. Bus conductors will issue them zero-fare tickets Thereafter, beneficiaries will have to obtain Shakti smartcards (named after the name of the scheme) through an application process on the government's Seva Sindhu website.[6]
Namma Cargo Logistics and Parcel Services was launched on 26 February 2021. It provides cargo and parcel services on the routes in which the KSRTC, NWKRTC and KKRTC buses travel.[7]
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