North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation

North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation
ವಾಯುವ್ಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಸ್ತೆ ಸಾರಿಗೆ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ
Abbreviation	NWKRTC
Type	Governmental organization
Headquarters	Hubballi
Region served	Belagavi, Dharwad, North Canara, Bagalkot, Gadag & Haveri districts of Karnataka
Services	Transportation Services
Official language	Kannada
Key people	Mr. Noor Mansoor C M, KAS (Managing Director)^[1]
Parent organization	KSRTC
Staff	22,262^[2]
Website	home page

The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC), is the state run bus service of Karnataka, India. It serves routes to towns and cities within the North-Western part of Karnataka and adjoining states of Maharashtra, Goa, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.It also offers a facility for online booking of tickets in association with KSRTC, its parent organisation.

History

The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation was established on November, 1st 1997 (this day is also celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava), under provision of the Road Transport Corporation Act 1950, upon bifurcation from Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation to provide adequate, efficient, economic and properly coordinated transport services to the commuters of North Western part of Karnataka.

Organisation

NWKRTC's jurisdiction covers 6 revenue districts, 44 talukas and 4596 villages and serving 4428 (96.3%) villages with transport facility. The organisation is split into 8 divisions with their respective headquarters at Belagavi, Hubballi, Sirsi, Bagalkot, Gadag, Chikkodi, Haveri and Dharwad. It has 48 depots functioning under the administrative control of respective divisions and one regional workshop at Hubli having one bus body building unit and one Regional Training Institute at Hubli.^[3]

Fleet

NWKRTC operates 4440 schedules with strength of 4716 vehicles, covering 15.50 lakh kilometers and carrying 22.00 lakhs commuters every day.

Types of Services

Premier services

Airavat Club(Gold) Class
Airavat
Corona A/C Sleeper
Non A/C Sleeper
Rajahamsa Ultra Deluxe

Normal services

Vayavya Karnataka sarige
Ordinary
Gramantara Sarige
Suvarna Sarige City Bus
Hubballi-Dharwad Nagara Sarige City Bus

External links

NWKRTC home page

Express(Vayavya Karnataka Sarige)

References

State owned road transport companies of India

Inter and Intra-state Services	Andhra Pradesh (APSRTC) Arunachal Pradesh (APSTS) Assam (ASTC) Bihar (BSRTC) Delhi (DTC) Gujarat (GSRTC) Haryana (HR) Himachal Pradesh (HRTC) Jammu and Kashmir (JKSRTC) Goa (KTC) Karnataka (KSRTC) Kerala (KSRTC) Maharashtra (MSRTC) Nagaland (NST) Odisha (OSRTC) Puducherry (PRTC) Punjab (PEPSU) (PR) Rajasthan (RSRTC) Sikkim (SNT) Tamil Nadu (TNSTC,SETC) Telangana (TSRTC) Tripura (TRTC) Uttar Pradesh (UPSRTC) Uttarakhand (UTC) West Bengal (NBSTC, SBSTC, WBSTC)

Metropolitan Services	Ahmedabad (AMTS) Bangalore (BMTC) Bhubaneswar (BCB) Chandigarh (CTU) Chennai (MTC) Indore (ICB) Jaipur (JCTSL) Kalyan-Dombivli (KDMT) Kanpur (KMBS) Kerala (KURTC) Kolkata (CSTC, CTC) Lucknow (LMPS) Mira-Bhayander (MBMT) Mumbai (BEST) Navi Mumbai (NMMT) Nagpur (NMPL) Pune (PMPML) Surat (SCB) Thane (TMT) Durg (DBUPTS)

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