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Feasibility study launched on electric bus service in Mysore

Special Correspondent

The objective of the survey is to assess the peak hour traffic

ASSESSMENT: Experts carrying out a traffic survey in Mysore on Tuesday as a precursor to the introduction of electric buses in the city. — PHOTO: M.A.SRIRAM

MYSORE: The Rail India Technical and Economic Services Ltd (RITES), a Government of India enterprise and a multi-disciplinary consultancy organisation in the field of transportation, infrastructure and related technologies, has launched a feasibility study on the proposed electric trolley bus service for Mysore.

The organisation was selected by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) to prepare a technical and economic feasibility study for the proposed project. It will submit the report to the KSRTC in six months.

General manager of RITES, Bangalore, Imtiaz Ahmed, told The Hindu that the traffic survey in Mysore began last month and would be completed in 30 days. The exercise was being undertaken by the Transportation Survey Group (TSG) and their personnel were monitoring vehicle density, the number of two wheelers, four wheelers and trucks and buses that pass through traffic signals during a 24-hour period. S.C. Sekhar Reddy, project manager of the TSG, said the objective of the survey was to assess peak hour traffic and the vehicle density for which they have constituted four groups comprising four persons each.

The survey would be handed over to the RITES in Bangalore for analysis and preparation of the feasibility report. Mr. Ahmed said the RITES would do an analysis of the results and prepare a project report. The KSRTC would take a final decision on the issue. The electric trolley buses are low floor vehicles that enable elderly citizens and the physically challenged to enter without hassles. Seating arrangement would be less and standing capacity would be more.

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