Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) Invites Application for Women Driver Recruitment 2023

In order to cater to the transport needs of the travelling public of the then state of Mysore, Mysore Government Road Transport Department (MGRTD) was inaugurated with 120 buses on 12th September 1948.

The State Transport, which wasbeing administered as a Department of the Govt. of Mysore was subsequently converted into an independent Corporation under Section 3 of the Road TransportCorporation Act,1950 on 1st of August 1961. The assets and liabilities of MGRTD except those ofBTS unit as on 01-08-1961 were passed on to the new Corporation, whichwas named as MSRTC. The assets and liabilities of the residual MGRTD i.e. of BTS Unit were subsequently passed on to the Corporation on 1st of October1961. Thus, a Corporation was ultimately established for the entire State of Mysore.

At the beginning, the passengertransport services were operated in 6 Divisions - 5 Divisions operating mofussilservices and 1 Division operating city services of Bangalore. It had 37 Depots,2 Regional Workshops and a Central Office at Bangalore. There were 15 permanentand 30 temporary bus stations with 35 ways ide shelters and 104 pick- up shelters. The total numberof emplo yeesdeployed was 9705 and the s taffratio per s chedule was 9.43. The totalnumber of routes operated was 1065 with 1029 schedules and route length of 32,134 miles, average daily scheduledmileage being 127571.