KSRTC Mysuru has begun planning new bus depots in T Narasipura, Varuna and the KRS area to expand services as demand rises across the growing city and its outskirts. The corporation requires at least five acres for each depot and expects the facilities to support additional buses and routes.
The expansion follows the state government’s reconstitution of the KSRTC Mysuru city and rural divisions. Both divisions are now focusing on creating additional depot capacity, with the city division also set to receive 120 electric buses in the near future.
KSRTC Mysuru Urban divisional controller Jagadeesh Kumar told the Times of India that five acres of government land had already been identified for a proposed depot in T Narasipura along the Talakadu route. The corporation is still searching for land for depots in the KRS and Varuna areas.
Once land identification and other procedures are completed, the Mysuru city KSRTC division will submit a proposal to the state government for depots in T Narasipura, KRS and either Varuna or Suttur. The first phase includes T Narasipura and Suttur in Nanjangud taluk. If suitable land is not available in Suttur, Varuna has been identified as an alternative location.
A separate depot is planned near Brindavan Gardens in KRS. Proposed second-phase locations include Yelawal, HD Kote and Bannur. The planned depots are intended to support services on routes connecting Mysuru with surrounding settlements and tourist destinations.
At present, the Mysuru city division operates about 350 buses. It has three depots in Bannimantap and another depot under its jurisdiction in Nanjangud. Its buses run from the City Bus Stand to destinations including Suttur, Rammanahalli, Yelwal, Chamundi Hills, Hadinaru, Hosakote, Brindavan Gardens and T Narasipura.
The rural division operates more than 800 buses. KSRTC has linked the increase in demand to the Shakthi scheme, which provides free bus travel for women, as well as the distribution of free bus passes to students. The expansion of Mysuru and development around the peripheral ring road have also increased pressure on available transport infrastructure.
Each proposed depot would be designed to park between 70 and 90 buses at a time. KSRTC said the facilities would include staff rest houses and passenger amenities, allowing the divisions to operate more buses from locations closer to outer areas and adjoining taluks.
The corporation’s immediate next steps are to complete land identification for the remaining locations and submit the construction proposal to the state government. No construction timeline or project cost has been announced in the supplied report.
